This is a high-significance wildfires event affecting Humboldt, Nevada, tracked from official feeds (NASA EONET). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 15,558 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Human
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 15,558 acres ±0 100% contained
- 15,558 acres ±0 100% contained
- 15,558 acres ±0 100% contained
- 15,558 acres ±0 100% contained
- 15,558 acres ±0 100% contained
- 15,558 acres 70% 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.
- Forecast discussion NWS LKN
Area Forecast Discussion
Monsoonal moisture will bring afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms nearly daily this week, with marginal risk of excessive rainfall Tuesday through Thursday.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 147 AM PDT Tue Jul 14 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
* Monsoonal moisture will promote showers and thunderstorms nearly every afternoon and evening this week.
* Marginal risk of excessive rainfall Tuesday through Thursday
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.DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Sunday)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW:
Monsoonal moisture continues to stream northward early this morning thanks in part to remnant convection across the Southwest U.S. over the weekend. The main feature driving this moisture axis is a large longwave upper ridge centered over the upper Midwest states. A cutoff upper low of the Pacific Northwest coast is also aiding in funneling this deep subtropical moisture tap across the Southwest into the Great Basin.
For today, southerly flow will continue to bring in an anomalously moist air mass across the area. Model precipitable water values are forecast to be at or over an inch. With respect to climatology, this amounts to near the maximum value for July 14. Forecast surface-based CAPE will be between 200 to 600 J/kg with the highest values centered across Lander, Eureka, and Elko Counties. Scat…
- News KTVN
Fire crews contain 15,500+ acre wildfire in Humboldt County | Fire Watch | 2news.com
- News KTVN
Wildfires continue to burn in Lincoln County; 274 new fires broke out nationwide on Sunday
- News The Record Courier
Genoa hand crew working Winnemucca fire
Show 3 earlier updates
- Yahoo News
New Nevada wildfire erupts Sunday near Winnemucca; Lincoln County fires nearly out
- Elko Daily Free Press 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 ↗.