Elephant Fire
The Elephant Fire was reported on July 11, 2026 in Plumas County, California and burned 13,930 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 13,930 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2026
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped July 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM PDT, 13,930 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.711, -120.193.
The incident
- Size
- 13,930 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles NE from LOYALTON, CA
- County
- Plumas County
- State
- California
- Nearest city reported
- LOYALTON
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CATNF-001154
- IRWIN identifier
- 6AD80DE9-CD41-40D3-8939-A86CCF775981
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 12, 2026 (6,442 acres) to July 23, 2026 (13,930 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,873 acres, mapped July 13, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2026 | 6,442 | |
| July 13, 2026 | 12,315 | +5,873 |
| July 14, 2026 | 12,440 | +125 |
| July 15, 2026 | 13,016 | +576 |
| July 16, 2026 | 13,476 | +460 |
| July 17, 2026 | 13,695 | +219 |
| July 18, 2026 | 13,915 | +220 |
| July 19, 2026 | 13,926 | +11 |
| July 23, 2026 | 13,930 | +4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Loyalton, CA 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 August 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-CATNF-001154.