White Pine County, Nevada · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
0 acres Aug 21, 11:01 PM
|
0 acres
Aug 21, 11:01 PM
|
— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Peacock Fire is a wildfire near White Pine County, Nevada. It has burned about under 1 acre. 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, August 21st at 11:01 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.
Tonight
63°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 10 mph SSE · 37% chance of rain
Saturday
79°F · Mostly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 to 15 mph SSW · 18% chance of rain
Saturday Night
63°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 10 to 15 mph SW · 18% chance of rain
Sunday
79°F · Sunny then Isolated Rain Showers
Wind 10 to 20 mph SW · 16% chance of rain
Sunday Night
62°F · Isolated Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 20 mph SSW · 16% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, August 21st at 11:04 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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