Master Fire (Nevada)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 5 Miles SW from Deeth, NV
- Personnel
- 6
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning through two-foot brush five miles southwest of Deeth, Nevada, in Elko County, the active Master Fire has consumed 446 acres of private land since it started on August 24, 2026. The incident exhibits active and running behavior, prompting a Type 3 Incident response managed by a Type 3 Incident Commander.
A total of 27 personnel are currently assigned to the incident, achieving 50 percent containment while keeping operational costs at $75,000. This fire occurs within a regional season that typically spans from June to October.
Nationwide, the broader context reveals that 2,993,191 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 45 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Nevada for 3 days. In total it burned about 446 acres — around 1.8 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 3,188,211 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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