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Oxley

Elko, NV · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 11,384 acres in Elko before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

11,384

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 24 / 15 acresSep 1 / 11,384 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

East Humboldts Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / NV

19.3 mi

SW

Jarbidge Wilderness

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Wilderness / NV

45.6 mi

NW

Ruby Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / NV

48.5 mi

SW

Humboldt National Forest

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National Forest / NV

62 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 97% to 100%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 93% to 97%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 93% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 30

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 77% to 93%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 77% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 32% to 77%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 32% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 15% to 32%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley containment moved from 5% to 15%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 11,384 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley grew 2,859 acres to 11,384.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 8,525 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley was remapped 975 acres lower to 8,525.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 9,500 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley grew 975 acres to 9,500 and containment moved from 0% to 5%.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 8,525 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley grew 6,525 acres to 8,525.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 2,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley was remapped 1,500 acres lower to 2,000.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 3,500 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley grew 1,500 acres to 3,500.

IRWIN

Oxley update: 2,000 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Oxley grew 1,985 acres to 2,000.

IRWIN

Oxley mapped at 15 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Interagency perimeter data shows the Oxley 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: 6ffe46c1-48d9-44dc-a39f-6f33e24bf603

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