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Sombrero

Humboldt, NV · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 19,204 acres in Humboldt before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

19,204

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 80%
Aug 25 / 1,000 acresAug 28 / 19,204 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

South Jackson Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

26.2 mi

W

North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

26.8 mi

NW

Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness

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Wilderness / NV

32.7 mi

NE

Black Rock Desert Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

37.2 mi

W

Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

50.4 mi

NW

Pahute Peak Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

51 mi

W

North Black Rock Range Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

55.5 mi

W

Black Rock Desert / High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

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NCA / NV

58.5 mi

W

High Rock Lake Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

61.2 mi

W

Calico Mountains Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

61.9 mi

W

Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

70.5 mi

W

East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / NV

70.9 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Sombrero update: 19,204 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero containment moved from 50% to 80%.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 19,204 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero was remapped 796 acres lower to 19,204.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 20,000 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero containment moved from 20% to 50%.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 20,000 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero grew 6,000 acres to 20,000.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 14,000 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero grew 3,000 acres to 14,000.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 11,000 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero containment moved from 0% to 20%.

IRWIN

Sombrero update: 11,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Sombrero grew 10,000 acres to 11,000.

IRWIN

Sombrero mapped at 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the Sombrero at 1,000 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: 4bb7e5f4-34c1-4cc0-9928-6abc539cd8d4

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