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Forleen

Elko, NV · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 667 acres in Elko before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

667

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

2w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 24 / 15 acresOct 27 / 667 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

5 public land units within 75 miles

Jarbidge Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

27.4 mi

NW

East Humboldts Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

34.8 mi

S

Ruby Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

62.7 mi

S

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / ID

66.3 mi

NW

Humboldt National Forest

Go

National Forest / NV

75 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Forleen update: 667 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

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

IRWIN

Forleen update: 667 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen containment moved from 80% to 90%.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 667 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen containment moved from 70% to 80%.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 667 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen containment moved from 50% to 70%.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 667 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen containment moved from 10% to 50%.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 667 acres, 10% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 34 acres to 667 and containment moved from 0% to 10%.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 633 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen was remapped 367 acres lower to 633.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 1,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 100 acres to 1,000.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 900 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 550 acres to 900.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 350 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 50 acres to 350.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 300 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 200 acres to 300.

IRWIN

Forleen update: 100 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Forleen grew 85 acres to 100.

IRWIN

Forleen mapped at 15 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the Forleen at 15 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 24Now

78 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: 81326dd3-bf0a-4180-b245-ba510f4b5b7b

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