Summit Fire
The Summit Fire was reported on August 5, 2025 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 612 acres. It was declared out on August 8, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 612 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2025
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeter mapped August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM PDT, 616 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.364, -114.799.
The incident
- Size
- 612 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 22 Miles NE from Wells, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $75,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NVEKD-010282
- IRWIN identifier
- B389A2F0-EB03-4283-ABFF-02D6CC7E1AE7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wells, NV19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Jackpot, NV43 miles north of the fire’s origin
- West Wendover, NV57 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Wendover, UT59 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV60 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV62 miles southwest 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 August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM PDT. Identifier 2025-NVEKD-010282.