right|Location of the Little Humboldt River within Nevada
The Little Humboldt River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, approximately long, in northern Nevada in the western United States. It flows through Paradise Valley and drains into the Humboldt River northeast of Winnemucca. It is an intermittent stream draining a rugged area on the edge of the Owyhee Desert in the Great Basin.
It rises in two forks in northern Nevada. The North Fork
It is impounded to form Chimney Reservoir near the confluence of its forks in eastern Humboldt County.