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Elephant

Plumas, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 13,930 acres in Plumas before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

13,930

Acres Burned

122

Days Burning

Jul 11, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Jul 30 / 0 acresAug 26 / 13,930 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Mt. Rose Wilderness

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Wilderness / NV

26.9 mi

SE

Tahoe National Forest

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National Forest / CA

28.5 mi

SW

Plumas National Forest

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National Forest / CA

35.8 mi

NW

Granite Chief Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

39.6 mi

S

Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / NV

39.8 mi

NE

Desolation Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

54.6 mi

S

Bucks Lake Wilderness

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Wilderness / CA

55.3 mi

W

Eldorado Purchase Unit

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National Forest / CA

56.5 mi

S

Eldorado National Forest

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National Forest / CA

65.8 mi

S

Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge 17

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Wildlife Refuge / NV

70.5 mi

E

Eldorado Other

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National Forest / CA

73.1 mi

S

Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

ELEPHANT update: 0 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the ELEPHANT was remapped 13,930 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

Elephant Fire Update 07-29-2026

Incident team
Jul 29

***THIS WILL BE THE FINAL ELEPHANT FIRE WRITTEN UPDATE UNLESS SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS CHANGE*** CURRENT SITUATION The Elephant Fire remains contained. There are approximately 2,200 unburned acres within the interior of the fire, which will continue to burn over the coming weeks. Fire resources remain committed to the fire to patrol and monitor fire activity until the fire is determined to be contro...

InciWeb

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,930 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,930 acres, 100% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,930 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,930 acres, 98% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT update: 0 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the ELEPHANT was remapped 13,926 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,926 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,926 acres, 92% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,915 acres, 88% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 19

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,915 acres, 88% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,695 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,695 acres, 85% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,476 acres, 77% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 17

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,476 acres, 77% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 13,016 acres, 31% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 16

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 13,016 acres, 31% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 15,526 acres, 42% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 15

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 15,526 acres, 42% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 12,303 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 14

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 12,303 acres, 5% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 6,436 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 6,436 acres, 5% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT mapped at 4,400 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 12

Interagency perimeter data shows the ELEPHANT at 4,400 acres, 5% contained.

IRWIN

ELEPHANT update: 0 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the ELEPHANT was remapped 2,300 acres lower to 0.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 11Now

122 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: 6ad80de9-cd41-40d3-8939-a86ccf775981

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