Big Fire
The Big Fire was reported on July 11, 2025 in Mineral County, Nevada and burned 358 acres. It was declared out on July 28, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 358 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM PDT, 359 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.475, -118.782.
The incident
- Size
- 358 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 8 Miles SW from Hawthorne, NV
- County
- Mineral County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Hawthorne
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NVCCD-030422
- IRWIN identifier
- 7FEE219C-65D8-4D0D-BBCC-6263BDDC3C40
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 12, 2025 (358 acres) to September 29, 2025 (359 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1 acres, mapped July 13, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2025 | 358 | |
| July 13, 2025 | 359 | +1 |
| September 29, 2025 | 359 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hawthorne, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hawthorne, NV9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Smith, NV37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Smith Valley, NV37 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Yerington, NV41 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Topaz Ranch Estates, NV43 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mammoth Lakes, CA58 miles south 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 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-NVCCD-030422.