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Chimney

Elko, NV · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 20,985 acres in Elko before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

20,985

Acres Burned

107

Days Burning

Jul 26, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 90%
Jul 26 / 50 acresAug 11 / 20,985 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

36.6 mi

W

Owyhee River Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

55.1 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Chimney mapped at 20,985 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 31

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 20,985 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 20,985 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 30

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 20,985 acres, 80% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 21,000 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 29

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 21,000 acres, 45% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 21,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 28

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 21,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 12,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 12,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 7,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 7,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 5,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 5,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 3,500 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 3,500 acres.

IRWIN

Chimney mapped at 50 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Chimney at 50 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 26Now

107 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: 84ad9b46-6849-4dca-902a-3692aa589e68

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