Lander County, Nevada · Wildfire
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The Crescent Fire is a wildfire near Lander County, Nevada. It has burned about 58 acres (about 44 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, July 19th at 8:00 a.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.
Today
90°F · Mostly Sunny then Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 mph WNW · 3% chance of rain
Tonight
70°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph SE · 3% chance of rain
Monday
88°F · Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 38% chance of rain
Monday Night
69°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 38% chance of rain
Tuesday
84°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph WSW · 47% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, July 19th at 8:04 a.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.
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