2026 Douglas County, Nevada Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
6 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 (+200%) vs same period last year
459 2026 Season Acres ▼ -31,155 (-99%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Douglas County

Aug 11 Started 125 acres 96 football fields Eagle Fire
Aug 9 Started 142 acres 109 football fields Ruby Fire
Aug 9 Started 130 acres 100 football fields Double Fire
Jul 10 Started 8 acres 6 football fields Sand Stone Fire
Jun 14 Started 54 acres 42 football fields Mt Siegel Fire
May 13 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Blackwell Fire

Largest wildfires in Douglas County this season

142 Acres 109 football fields Ruby Fire Carter Springs
130 Acres 100 football fields Double Fire Carter Springs
125 Acres 96 football fields Eagle Fire Topaz Ranch Estates
54 Acres 42 football fields Mt Siegel Fire Smith
15 Acres 12 football fields Blackwell Fire Walker
8 Acres 6 football fields Sand Stone Fire Topaz Ranch Estates

All 2026 Douglas County Fires · 6 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Douglas 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 Douglas County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Douglas County is listed too, at its Douglas County acres, and is not added to the Douglas County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Douglas 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
Ruby Fire Aug 9, 2026 — Inactive 142 38.8531, -119.5596 38.9048, -119.6440
Double Fire Aug 9, 2026 — Inactive 130 38.7891, -119.5896 38.7840, -119.5826
Eagle Fire Aug 11, 2026 — Inactive 125 38.7826, -119.5109 38.7428, -119.4920
Mt Siegel Fire Jun 14, 2026 — Inactive 54 38.9094, -119.4402 38.9115, -119.4382
Blackwell Fire May 13, 2026 — Inactive 0 of 15 38.5808, -119.4195 38.6075, -119.4327
Sand Stone Fire Jul 10, 2026 — Inactive 8 38.7327, -119.5218 38.7367, -119.5165
Totals 2026 Season Fires 6 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 459

Land cover · Douglas County 2026

Burned acres in Douglas 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 Douglas County % of burned % of Douglas County
Forest 85 19.7% 26.9%
Range (shrubland) 310 71.9% 50.6%
Grassland 27 6.4% 12.7%
Other 9 2.0% 9.8%
Measured acres in Douglas County 431 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Douglas County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Ruby Fire 142 144 1 139 4 0 0
Eagle Fire 125 132 14 113 4 0 0
Double Fire 130 93 69 22 0 2 0
Mt Siegel Fire 54 54 0 34 19 0 0
Sand Stone Fire 8 8 0 1 0 7 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Blackwell Fire 15 31 Every cell outside Douglas County
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 474
Offered to measurement 6 474
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 5 459
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Douglas County 1 15
Measured acres in Douglas County 5 431
Measured acres outside Douglas County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 431
Reported minus measured — 28
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Douglas County 2026

Burned forest acres in Douglas 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 Douglas County % of burned forest % of Douglas County's forestland
Public 14 16.0% 63.9%
Federal 14 16.0% 62.6%
State 0 0.0% 1.3%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 32 37.2% 25.1%
Tribal 32 37.2% 25.1%
Private 0 0.0% 11.0%
Family 0 0.0% 11.0%
Corporate 0 0.0% 0.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 40 46.9% —
Burned forest in Douglas County 85 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Douglas County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Double Fire 69 0 0 0 30 0 39
Eagle Fire 14 14 0 0 0 0 1
Ruby Fire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

2 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 382 85
Land cover Forest cells 382 85
Equal 382

Search Fires

🔥 Eagle Fire 2026
Started: Aug 11 125 acre
Near Topaz Ranch Estates · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Ruby Fire 2026
Started: Aug 9 142 acre
Near Carter Springs · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Double Fire 2026
Started: Aug 9 130 acre
Near Carter Springs · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Sand Stone Fire 2026
Started: Jul 10 8 acre
Near Topaz Ranch Estates · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Mt Siegel Fire 2026
Started: Jun 14 54 acre
Near Smith · Douglas County, Nevada
🔥 Blackwell Fire 2026
Started: May 13 15 acre
Near Walker, California · Douglas County, Nevada