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Wildfires in Elko

Elko, United States, has had 71 fires with an official perimeter since 2016: 614,135 hectares burned inside the county, 14% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).

Only fires of 400 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Sat 31 Very low 12° · 62 % · 21 km/h
  2. Sun 1 Very low 7° · 82 % · 16 km/h
  3. Mon 2 Very low 10° · 53 % · 17 km/h
  4. Tue 3 Very low 13° · 46 % · 18 km/h
  5. Wed 4 Very low 12° · 45 % · 21 km/h
  6. Thu 5 Very low 11° · 50 % · 34 km/h
  7. Fri 6 Very low 12° · 56 % · 22 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service.

The county and its fires

Since 2016

614,135
hectares burned
14 %
of the county
71
fires
44,634
km²

How many times has Elko burned?

Elko has burned 71 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Jones Fire, October 2026, with 665 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 3× 16
  2. 20× 17
  3. 21× 18
  4. 6× 19
  5. 4× 20
  6. 1× 21
  7. 3× 22
  8.   23
  9. 1× 24
  10. 6× 25
  11. 6× 26
71
fires
10
years with fire
614,135
cumulative ha
6 Oct 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 400 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in United States →

Fires that entered Elko

  1. 665 ha Jones Fire, October 2026 where it started 0.0% of the county · 671 ha in total · 1 day
  2. 4,614 ha Oxley Fire, August 2026 where it started 0.1% of the county · 4,607 ha in total · 3 days
  3. 2,529 ha Antelope Creek Fire, August 2026 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,542 ha in total · 1 day
  4. 8,536 ha Chimney Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.2% of the county · 8,492 ha in total · 3 days
  5. 1,260 ha Secret Pass Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,263 ha in total · 2 days
  6. 538 ha 18 Mile Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.0% of the county · 537 ha in total · 1 day
  7. 1,453 ha Big Butte Fire, August 2025 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,462 ha in total · 1 day
  8. 54,467 ha Cottonwood Peak Fire, August 2025 where it started 1.2% of the county · 53,663 ha in total · 8 days
  9. 4,332 ha Adobe Mtn Fire, August 2025 where it started 0.1% of the county · 4,317 ha in total · 3 days
  10. 44,248 ha Jakes Fire, August 2025 where it started 1.0% of the county · 43,853 ha in total · 8 days
  11. 1,436 ha Cornucopia Fire, July 2025 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,422 ha in total · 2 days
  12. 5,216 ha Hot Canyon Fire, July 2025 where it started 0.1% of the county · 5,178 ha in total · 4 days
  13. 10,334 ha Castle Ridge Fire, October 2024 where it started 0.2% of the county · 10,281 ha in total · 4 days
  14. 8,179 ha Wildcat Fire, July 2022 where it started 0.2% of the county · 8,095 ha in total · 4 days
  15. 732 ha Goshute Fire, June 2022 where it started 0.0% of the county · 743 ha in total · 6 days
  16. 208 ha Kinsley Fire, June 2022 0.0% of the county · 1,289 ha in total · 2 days
  17. 623 ha Huff Fire, June 2021 where it started 0.0% of the county · 628 ha in total · 1 day
  18. 2,874 ha Lost Fire, August 2020 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,885 ha in total · 2 days
  19. 2,442 ha Cedar Fire, July 2020 where it started 0.0% of the county · 2,458 ha in total · 3 days
  20. 1,261 ha Shafter Fire, July 2020 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,271 ha in total · 3 days
  21. 2,679 ha Ibapah Fire, May 2020 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,711 ha in total · 1 day
  22. 623 ha Hunter Fire, October 2019 where it started 0.0% of the county · 628 ha in total · 1 day
  23. 38 ha Cherry Fire, September 2019 0.0% of the county · 1,488 ha in total · 2 days
  24. 2,693 ha Shafter Fire, August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,713 ha in total · 2 days
  25. 6,720 ha Corta Fire, August 2019 where it started 0.2% of the county · 6,785 ha in total · 4 days
  26. 2,809 ha Goose Fire, August 2019 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,777 ha in total · 3 days
  27. 630 ha Midas Fire, July 2019 where it started 0.0% of the county · 633 ha in total · 2 days
  28. 3,763 ha Range Two Fire, September 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 3,788 ha in total · 3 days
  29. 2,163 ha Gance Fire, September 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 2,161 ha in total · 2 days
  30. 464 ha Owl Creek Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 471 ha in total · 3 days
  31. 4,883 ha County Line Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 5,264 ha in total · 2 days
  32. 98,785 ha South Sugarloaf Fire, August 2018 where it started 2.2% of the county · 97,642 ha in total · 23 days
  33. 746 ha Road Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 747 ha in total · 1 day
  34. 854 ha Pole Canyon Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 858 ha in total · 1 day
  35. 5,073 ha Goshute Cave Fire, August 2018 0.1% of the county · 11,087 ha in total · 36 days
  36. 25,743 ha Goose Creek Fire, July 2018 0.6% of the county · 53,236 ha in total · 13 days
  37. 434 ha Willow Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 431 ha in total · 1 day
  38. 994 ha Dixie Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 999 ha in total · 1 day
  39. 2,187 ha Owyhee Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 2,162 ha in total · 2 days
  40. 2,989 ha West Duck Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 4,525 ha in total · 2 days
  41. 1,684 ha Stag Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,671 ha in total · 33 days
  42. 1,528 ha Silver State Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,524 ha in total · 2 days
  43. 2,448 ha Echo Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 2,455 ha in total · 3 days
  44. 89,155 ha Martin Fire, July 2018 where it started 2.0% of the county · 174,760 ha in total · 7 days
  45. 1,207 ha Boone Springs Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,232 ha in total · 3 days
  46. 4,030 ha Hogan Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 4,043 ha in total · 7 days
  47. 2,006 ha Elko fire, July 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,999 ha in total · 1 day
  48. 624 ha Emigrant Fire, June 2018 where it started 0.0% of the county · 634 ha in total · 59 days
  49. 549 ha Mustang Fire, September 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 540 ha in total · 1 day
  50. 1,217 ha Coal Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,220 ha in total · 2 days
  51. 448 ha Rabbit Creek Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 449 ha in total · 1 day
  52. 681 ha Piney Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 679 ha in total · 1 day
  53. 733 ha Stag Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 730 ha in total · 2 days
  54. 2,497 ha Diamond A Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,689 ha in total · 2 days
  55. 1,044 ha Pilot Valley Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,043 ha in total · 1 day
  56. 6,042 ha Delano Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 5,994 ha in total · 3 days
  57. 2,652 ha Pole Creek Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,650 ha in total · 3 days
  58. 2,920 ha Oil Well Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,930 ha in total · 1 day
  59. 63,178 ha Snowstorm Fire, July 2017 where it started 1.4% of the county · 62,702 ha in total · 5 days
  60. 530 ha Summer Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 527 ha in total · 1 day
  61. 548 ha River Ranch Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 547 ha in total · 1 day
  62. 26,163 ha Roosters Comb Fire, July 2017 0.6% of the county · 87,954 ha in total · 5 days
  63. 10,210 ha Tabor Flats Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.2% of the county · 10,186 ha in total · 3 days
  64. 1,030 ha White Horse Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,043 ha in total · 2 days
  65. 591 ha Hd Summit Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 583 ha in total · 1 day
  66. 22,528 ha Dry Gulch Fire, July 2017 where it started 0.5% of the county · 22,296 ha in total · 4 days
  67. 2,626 ha Cole Creek Fire, June 2017 where it started 0.1% of the county · 2,647 ha in total · 3 days
  68. 1,908 ha Red Springs Fire, June 2017 where it started 0.0% of the county · 1,920 ha in total · 1 day
  69. 3,192 ha Maggie Fire, September 2016 where it started 0.1% of the county · 3,911 ha in total · 2 days
  70. 754 ha Wally Fire, July 2016 where it started 0.0% of the county · 768 ha in total · 1 day
  71. 38,190 ha Hot Pot Fire, July 2016 where it started 0.9% of the county · 48,523 ha in total · 3 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters are official, from MTBS (USGS and USDA Forest Service) and NIFC, in the public domain; county boundaries come from geoBoundaries/United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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