Broom Canyon Fire
The Broom Canyon Fire was reported on July 29, 2024 in Nye County, Nevada and burned 8,232 acres. It is 15 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,232 acres
- Contained
- 15%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped December 5, 2024 at 10:13 AM PST, 8,217 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.887, -115.444.
The incident
- Size
- 8,232 acres
- Containment
- 15%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2024 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 35 miles SW of Ely, NV
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Currant
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NVHTF-040163
- IRWIN identifier
- C097A1D3-3F1B-4F43-8BED-1F56C882FC51
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 31, 2024 (36 acres) to September 16, 2024 (8,217 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,641 acres, mapped August 12, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2024 | 36 | |
| August 1, 2024 | 103 | +67 |
| August 6, 2024 | 379 | +276 |
| August 8, 2024 | 657 | +278 |
| August 9, 2024 | 246 | -411 |
| August 12, 2024 | 2,887 | +2,641 |
| August 14, 2024 | 4,105 | +1,218 |
| August 16, 2024 | 4,274 | +169 |
| August 19, 2024 | 4,124 | -150 |
| August 26, 2024 | 6,146 | +2,022 |
| August 28, 2024 | 6,622 | +476 |
| August 29, 2024 | 6,977 | +355 |
| August 30, 2024 | 7,151 | +174 |
| August 31, 2024 | 7,375 | +224 |
| September 11, 2024 | 8,235 | +860 |
| September 12, 2024 | 8,214 | -21 |
| September 16, 2024 | 8,217 | +3 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ely, NV covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 27, 2026 at 10:47 AM PST. Identifier 2024-NVHTF-040163.