Burn severity · Elko County 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Elko County
Unburned to very low 1,172 52,362 22,871 779 0 77,184
Low 2,467 87,679 41,647 427 0 132,220
Moderate low 4,034 30,700 6,992 81 0 41,807
Moderate high 3,503 11,636 1,988 18 0 17,145
High 1,107 2,377 477 2 0 3,963
Assessed acres in Elko County 12,284 184,754 73,975 1,307 0 272,318
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Elko County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Cottonwood Peak 132,604 132,605 39,496 65,257 20,203 6,381 1,268
Jakes Fire 82,217 82,213 21,688 38,570 12,691 7,075 2,187
Snowstorm Fire 15,000 22,319 8,689 10,598 1,662 1,089 281
Hot Canyon Fire 12,794 12,802 2,645 4,348 3,549 2,079 180
Adobe Mountain Fire 10,668 10,669 2,797 5,556 1,837 433 46
MP 22 Fire 3,829 3,829 301 2,897 624 7 0
Big Butte Fire 3,612 3,613 558 2,788 266 0 0
Cornucopia Fire 3,514 3,515 542 2,018 899 55 0
Cow Creek Fire 506 506 407 98 1 0 0
Midas Town Fire 82 82 8 46 28 0 0
Rabbit Draw Fire 75 73 26 26 15 6 1
Opal Springs Fire 60 61 1 15 27 18 0
Penn Hill Fire 20 26 26 0 0 0 0
Spanish Ranch Fire 6 7 0 3 4 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Red Canyon Fire 124,709 — Awaiting a perimeter
Oat Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 16 389,696
Offered to assessment 16 389,696
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 14 264,987
Awaiting a perimeter 1 124,709
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Elko County 0 0
Assessed acres in Elko County 14 272,318
Assessed acres outside Elko County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 272,318
Burned in from another county 0 0

Generated 2026-09-17 20:25 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 20:25 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for NV. 30 m cells.