2025 Elko County, Nevada Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Elko County
Largest wildfires in Elko County this season
All 2025 Elko County Fires · 16 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Elko County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Elko County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Elko County is listed too, at its Elko County acres, and is not added to the Elko County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Elko County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Peak | Aug 16, 2025 | 96% | Inactive | 132,604 | 41.5001, -116.2351 | 41.3899, -116.2093 |
| Red Canyon Fire | Aug 14, 2025 | 98% | Inactive | 124,709 | 41.2820, -116.9530 | — |
| Jakes Fire | Aug 2, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 82,217 | 41.3085, -116.8800 | 41.2137, -116.8527 |
| Snowstorm Fire | Aug 2, 2025 | — | Inactive | 15,000 | 41.3742, -116.8961 | 41.3848, -116.8442 |
| Hot Canyon Fire | Jul 9, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 12,794 | 41.3967, -114.2638 | 41.3693, -114.1821 |
| Adobe Mountain Fire | Aug 3, 2025 | 97% | Inactive | 10,668 | 41.4006, -115.6707 | 41.2351, -115.8003 |
| MP 22 Fire | Aug 2, 2025 | 91% | Inactive | 3,829 | 41.1867, -116.9310 | 41.1893, -116.8938 |
| Big Butte Fire | Aug 24, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 3,612 | 41.1159, -116.6103 | 41.1295, -116.5746 |
| Cornucopia Fire | Jul 16, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 3,514 | 41.5084, -116.2769 | 41.6614, -116.3334 |
| Cow Creek Fire | Aug 16, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 506 | 41.8860, -114.5141 | 41.8774, -114.5118 |
| Midas Town Fire | Aug 2, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 82 | 41.2339, -116.8003 | 41.1961, -116.7281 |
| Rabbit Draw Fire | Aug 23, 2025 | — | Inactive | 75 | 41.7872, -115.9483 | 41.7867, -115.9505 |
| Opal Springs Fire | Sep 8, 2025 | — | Inactive | 60 | 41.7567, -114.5396 | 40.7515, -114.5500 |
| Penn Hill Fire | Aug 28, 2025 | 100% | Inactive | 20 | 41.7579, -116.0807 | 41.3568, -115.9730 |
| Spanish Ranch Fire | Aug 13, 2025 | — | Inactive | 6 | 41.4119, -116.1298 | 41.4215, -116.1167 |
| Oat Fire | Aug 1, 2025 | — | Inactive | 0 | 40.7402, -115.4501 | 40.7403, -115.4502 |
| Totals | 2025 Season Fires 16 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2025 Season Acres 389,696 |
Land cover · Elko County 2025
Burned acres in Elko County for the 2025 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Elko County 2025
Burned forest acres in Elko County for the 2025 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Elko County 2025
Burned acres in Elko County for the 2025 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.