Big Butte Fire
The Big Butte Fire was reported on August 24, 2025 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 3,615 acres. It was declared out on September 10, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,615 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM PDT, 3,612 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.138, -116.590.
The incident
- Size
- 3,615 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 35 Miles NE from Battle Mountain, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Elko
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NVEKD-010346
- IRWIN identifier
- FEC40DB1-6D0E-4C1F-9AC1-F1F5551022A7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battle Mountain, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Battle Mountain, NV39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Carlin, NV39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV48 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV60 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV61 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Wells, NV85 miles east of the fire’s origin
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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 September 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-NVEKD-010346.