2026 Churchill County, Nevada Wildfires

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3 Active Fires
54,091 Acres Burning 2.0x the size of Hilton Head Island
5 2026 Season Fires ▲ +5 vs same period last year
54,113 2026 Season Acres ▲ +54,113 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Churchill County

Aug 25 Started 9,218 acres 10.9x the size of Central Park 1.8x the size of JFK Airport Blue Eagle Fire
Aug 15 Started 22 acres 17 football fields Healy Fire
Aug 15 Started 24,513 acres About the size of Galveston Island 29.1x the size of Central Park Shoshone Fire
Jul 26 Started 37,899 acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 45.0x the size of Central Park New Pass
Jul 15 Started Smooth Canyon Fire

Largest wildfires in Churchill County this season

37,899 Acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 45.0x the size of Central Park New Pass
24,513 Acres About the size of Galveston Island 29.1x the size of Central Park Shoshone Fire
9,218 Acres 10.9x the size of Central Park 1.8x the size of JFK Airport Blue Eagle Fire
22 Acres 17 football fields Healy Fire

All 2026 Churchill County Fires · 5 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Churchill 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 Churchill County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Churchill County is listed too, at its Churchill County acres, and is not added to the Churchill County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Churchill 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
New Pass Jul 26, 2026 81% Active 20,360 of 37,899 39.6427, -117.4724 39.6988, -117.4870
Shoshone Fire Aug 15, 2026 92% Active 24,513 39.7937, -117.5912 39.8299, -117.6762
Blue Eagle Fire Aug 25, 2026 90% Active 9,218 39.7341, -117.6848 39.6172, -117.6710
Healy Fire Aug 15, 2026 — Inactive 22 39.6527, -117.7574 39.6557, -117.7507
Smooth Canyon Fire Jul 15, 2026 — Inactive 0 39.7208, -117.6727 39.6535, -117.5027
Totals 2026 Season Fires 5 Active Fires 3 Acres Burning 54,091 2026 Season Acres 54,113

Land cover · Churchill County 2026

Burned acres in Churchill County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Churchill County % of burned % of Churchill County
Forest 9,385 17.3% 5.4%
Range (shrubland) 37,176 68.7% 67.3%
Grassland 7,427 13.7% 4.3%
Other 127 0.2% 23.0%
Measured acres in Churchill County 54,115 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Churchill County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Shoshone Fire 24,513 24,514 2,762 18,820 2,849 83 0
New Pass 37,899 20,358 (of 37,889) 5,310 11,535 3,505 8 0
Blue Eagle Fire 9,218 9,220 1,312 6,798 1,073 36 0
Healy Fire 22 23 0 23 0 0 0
Smooth Canyon Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 5 71,652
Offered to measurement 5 71,652
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 5 71,652
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Churchill County 0 0
Measured acres in Churchill County 5 54,115
Measured acres outside Churchill County — 17,531
Whole perimeter acres — 71,646
Reported minus measured — 6
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Churchill County 2026

Burned forest acres in Churchill County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Churchill County % of burned forest % of Churchill County's forestland
Public 8,112 86.4% 99.0%
Federal 8,112 86.4% 99.0%
State 0 0.0% 0.0%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 77 0.8% 1.0%
Family 77 0.8% 1.0%
Corporate 0 0.0% 0.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 1,196 12.7% —
Burned forest in Churchill County 9,385 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Churchill County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
New Pass 5,310 4,733 0 0 0 77 500
Shoshone Fire 2,762 2,259 0 0 0 0 503
Blue Eagle Fire 1,312 1,120 0 0 0 0 193
Smooth Canyon Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 42,198 9,385
Land cover Forest cells 42,198 9,385
Equal 42,198

Search Fires

🔥 New Pass Active 2026
Started: Jul 26 37,899 acre 81% contained
Churchill County, Nevada
🔥 Shoshone Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 15 24,513 acre 92% contained
Churchill County, Nevada
🔥 Blue Eagle Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 25 9,218 acre 90% contained
Churchill County, Nevada
🔥 Healy Fire 2026
Started: Aug 15 22 acre
Churchill County, Nevada
🔥 Smooth Canyon Fire 2026
Started: Jul 15 0 acre
Churchill County, Nevada