LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Practically 1,000 personnel are assigned to combating the Cottonwood Peak Fireplace, which has burned greater than 122,000 acres in western Elko County.
The wildfire’s progress has slowed considerably, advancing by 12,000 acres from Thursday to Friday morning. Climate circumstances improved on Thursday as winds calmed, in line with officers with the Japanese Space Complicated Incident Administration Workforce (EACIMT), which took cost of firefighting efforts on Monday morning.
Firefighters have achieved 10% containment thus far with hand crews, air tankers, helicopters and bulldozers on website.
Cottonwood Peak is Nevada’s largest hearth of 2025. It was first reported one week in the past about three miles north of Tuscarora in western Elko County. The hearth has burned land principally managed by the Bureau of Land Administration, however personal ranches within the space have additionally been affected. On Wednesday, the fireplace went into U.S. Forest Service land — the Humboldt-Toiyabe Nationwide Forest — to the east and north.
In a single day, the wildfire’s northeast edge prolonged. Crews are actively working and adjusting technique to guard vital infrastructure.
“Structure protection remains a priority in Tuscarora and around the ranches and structures in the Jack Creek and Chicken Creek area,” in line with an EACIMT replace Friday morning.
Wilson Reservoir is now closed, together with Wild Horse Crossing and Jack Creek campgrounds. Nevada Freeway 226 is open to native site visitors solely.
“The clouds appearing above the fire Friday morning are less beneficial than one might think. They’re an indicator of instability in the atmosphere. There is a concern that isolated showers and thunderstorms could develop over the Independence Mountains, bringing a chance of dry lightning and gusty winds which could present a challenge to firefighting efforts,” EACIMT mentioned.
Friday’s report put the fireplace at 122,110 acres. The 82,217-acre Jakes Fireplace — additionally in western Elko County — was Nevada’s second-largest wildfire this 12 months. The Gothic Fireplace, at 35,161 acres on the federally managed land in Nye County, is third.
The hearth is 500 miles north of Las Vegas, and about 40-50 miles south of the Nevada-Idaho state line.
The Chin Creek Fireplace in northeast White Pine County is presently the second-largest energetic hearth in Nevada at 639 acres.
