The 18 Mile wildfire burned 1,326 acres near Elko, Nevada, starting July 12, 2026, and is now fully contained. Homes in the area faced direct fire damage during the blaze.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 1,326 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Natural
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Elko, Nevada), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Elko, Nevada · ≈ 2.1 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 1,326 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 100% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 90% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 50% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 40% contained
Show 3 earlier observations
- 1,326 acres ±0 40% contained
- 1,326 acres ±0 10% contained
- 1,326 acres 0% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Fire weather NWS LKN
Fire Weather / Red Flag
Dry thunderstorms and gusty outflow winds up to 50 mph will drive rapid fire spread through this evening.
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000 WWUS85 KLKN 081729 RFWLKN
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Elko NV 1029 AM PDT Sat Aug 8 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 425 AND 426...
NVZ425-426-090400- /O.CON.KLKN.FW.W.0010.260808T1900Z-260809T0400Z/ White Pine and Northeast Nye Counties-Northern Nye County-Mojave- 1029 AM PDT Sat Aug 8 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 425 AND 426...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 425 and 426.
* WIND...West winds up to 5-10 mph, gust 10-15 mph. Gusty erraticoutflow winds from passing/collapsing thunderstorms can reach up to 40-50 mph.
* HUMIDITY...15-20 percent
* THUNDERSTORMS...Thunderstorms will be mostly dry.
* HIGHEST THREAT...is located in fire zone NV425.
* IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Dry lightning may create new fire starts and combine with strong outflow winds to produce rapid fire growth. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A red flag warning means that critical…
- News Watch Duty
Boyd Fire Map
- News East Kootenay News Online Weekly
East Kootenay Wildfire Update
- News kolotv.com
18 Mile Fire hits 50 % containment , wildfire officials say
Show 2 earlier updates
- KOLO | 8 News Now News
- InciWeb Incident update
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.