Elephant Fire

Plumas County, California · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 12, 2026 (about 1 month ago)

First reported about 2 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	0 acres Aug 1, 1:00 PM	13,930 acres Sep 16, 4:00 AM +13,930 acres was 0 acres · Aug 1, 1:00 PM	+13,930 acres in about 2 months
Containment	98% Jul 26, 5:00 PM	100% Sep 16, 4:00 AM +2 percent was 98% · Jul 26, 5:00 PM	+2 percent in about 2 months
Crew size	44 Jul 26, 5:00 PM	9 Sep 16, 4:00 AM −35 was 44 · Jul 26, 5:00 PM	−35 in about 2 months
Money spent	$8.5M Jul 23, 5:01 PM	$9.5M Sep 16, 4:00 AM +$1.0M was $8.5M · Jul 23, 5:01 PM	+$1.0M in about 2 months

Elephant Fire summary

The Elephant Fire is a wildfire near Plumas County, California. It has burned about 13,930 acres (about 11,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 2 months ago. About 9 people are on it, run by a Type 5 IC.

Size: 13,930 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: July 11, 2026 (first reported about 2 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, August 26th at 1:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Today

82°F · Sunny

Wind 10 to 15 mph SW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

57°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 to 15 mph S · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Thursday

82°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Thursday Night

57°F · Mostly Cloudy then Rain Showers Likely

Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 67% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Friday

71°F · Rain Showers Likely

Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 67% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, August 26th at 1:01 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 9 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 5 IC. The government rates it a Type 5 Incident. About $10 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.