Juniper Ridge Fire (Nevada)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 10 Miles NE from Winnemucca, NV
- Personnel
- 45
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Running
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Spreading at an approximate rate of 259 acres per day, the active Juniper Ridge Fire has now burned 778 acres over three days in Humboldt County, Nevada. Located 10 miles northeast of Winnemucca, the blaze is burning through 2.5-foot tall grass on federal land managed by the BLM, exhibiting minimal, creeping, and running fire behavior. Satellites are picking up a low heat signature, with only one NASA FIRMS heat detection recorded in the area over the past 48 hours.
A Type 3 Incident managed by a Type 3 IC, the fire has reached 75 percent containment with 45 personnel assigned to the operation. Suppression efforts have accumulated a total cost of $810,000.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a national scale, 3,102,331 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 43 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Nevada for 3 days. In total it burned about 778 acres — around 3.1 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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