2026 Sierra County, California Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
577 Acres Burning 68% the size of Central Park
2 2026 Season Fires ▲ +1 (+100%) vs same period last year
5,911 2026 Season Acres ▲ +5,910 (+591000%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Sierra County

Aug 5 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Crystal Peak Fire
Jul 11 Started 13,930 acres About the size of Manhattan 2.7x the size of JFK Airport Elephant Fire

Largest wildfires in Sierra County this season

13,930 Acres About the size of Manhattan 2.7x the size of JFK Airport Elephant Fire Loyalton
2 Acres 2 football fields Crystal Peak Fire Verdi

All 2026 Sierra County Fires · 2 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Sierra County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Sierra County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Sierra County is listed too, at its Sierra County acres, and is not added to the Sierra County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Sierra County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Elephant Fire Jul 11, 2026 100% Inactive 5,332 of 13,930 39.7145, -120.1404 39.6861, -120.1940
Crystal Peak Fire Aug 5, 2026 Inactive 2 39.5978, -120.0778 39.6076, -119.9329
Also burned into Sierra County
Bug & Stallion Fire from Washoe County Aug 10, 2026 97% Active 577 of 134,796 39.8470, -119.7440
Totals 2026 Season Fires 2 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 577 2026 Season Acres 5,911

Search Fires

🔥 Crystal Peak Fire 2026
Started: Aug 5 2 acre
🔥 Elephant Fire 2026
Started: Jul 11 13,930 acre 100% contained