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18 Mile

Elko, NV · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,326 acres in Elko before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,326

Acres Burned

121

Days Burning

Jul 13, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 13 / 0 acresJul 18 / 1,326 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

3 public land units within 75 miles

City of Rocks National Reserve

Go

NCA / ID

45.5 mi

NE

Jarbidge Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

57.4 mi

W

East Humboldts Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

61.7 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile containment moved from 50% to 90%.

IRWIN

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile containment moved from 40% to 50%.

IRWIN

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile containment moved from 10% to 40%.

IRWIN

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 10% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile containment moved from 0% to 10%.

IRWIN

18 Mile update: 1,326 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the 18 Mile grew 1,026 acres to 1,326.

IRWIN

18 Mile mapped at 300 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the 18 Mile at 300 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

18 Mile mapped at 300 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the 18 Mile at 300 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 13Now

121 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 34a26f39-dd96-4441-a3f0-94069a158a28

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