A high-significance wildfire began in the Elko, Nevada area on July 26, 2026. Homes in the affected region face fire damage risk.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 20,985 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 · ≈ 33 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.
- 20,985 acres ±0 100% contained
- 20,985 acres ±0 100% contained
- 20,985 acres ±0 100% contained
- 20,985 acres ±0 90% contained
- 20,985 acres ±0 90% contained
- 20,985 acres −15 80% contained
- 21,000 acres ±0 45% contained
- 21,000 acres ±0 45% contained
Show 5 earlier observations
- 21,000 acres ±0 0% contained
- 21,000 acres +9,000 0% contained
- 12,000 acres −9,000 0% contained
- 21,000 acres +9,000 0% contained
- 12,000 acres 0% contained
Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.
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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.
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Chimney Fire
The Chimney fire is 100% Contained.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.