White Pine County, Nevada · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
40 acres
Jul 31, 6:00 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Ward Fire is a wildfire near White Pine County, Nevada. It has burned about 40 acres (about 30 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, July 31st at 6:00 p.m. CDT.
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.
This Afternoon
75°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 10 to 15 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Tonight
52°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Saturday
76°F · Patchy Smoke then Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Saturday Night
53°F · Partly Cloudy then Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 10 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
76°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, July 31st at 5:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:
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