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Jones

Elko, NV · Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

250

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 6, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

6 public land units within 75 miles

East Humboldts Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / NV

6.7 mi

SE

Ruby Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

32.5 mi

S

Humboldt National Forest

Go

National Forest / NV

45.3 mi

SW

Jarbidge Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

51.8 mi

N

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / NV

60.6 mi

S

Goshute Canyon Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / NV

69.7 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Jones update: 250 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the Jones grew 210 acres to 250.

IRWIN

Jones mapped at 40 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Jones at 40 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 6Now

0 days since discovery

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99%

Bull

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1.5K acres

44%

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: 5d4d98f2-297c-4935-b5d4-1ce51d1f85ba

Important

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