2026 Humboldt County, Nevada Wildfires

2 Active Fires

51,562 Acres Burning 2.0x the size of Galveston Island

15 2026 Season Fires ▲ +10 (+200%) vs same period last year

89,598 2026 Season Acres ▲ +76,980 (+610%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Humboldt County

Aug 31 Started 4 acres 3 football fields Bobcat 4 Fire

Aug 26 Started 5 acres 4 football fields Clover Fire

Aug 26 Started 18,319 acres Slightly larger than Manhattan 15.2x the size of Lincoln Park Calico Fire

Aug 25 Started 33,243 acres Slightly larger than San Francisco 2.3x the size of Manhattan Mc Connell Fire

Aug 25 Started 38 acres 29 football fields Long Canyon Fire

Aug 25 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Dog Creek Fire

Largest wildfires in Humboldt County this season

33,243 Acres Slightly larger than San Francisco 2.3x the size of Manhattan Mc Connell Fire Winnemucca

19,204 Acres 15.9x the size of Lincoln Park Slightly smaller than Galveston Island Sombrero Fire Winnemucca

18,319 Acres Slightly larger than Manhattan 15.2x the size of Lincoln Park Calico Fire

15,588 Acres 3.0x the size of JFK Airport About the size of Manhattan Dutch Flat Fire Winnemucca

2,186 Acres 1.8x the size of Lincoln Park Shyster Fire

778 Acres About the size of Central Park Juniper Ridge Fire Winnemucca

All 2026 Humboldt County Fires · 15 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Humboldt County is listed too, at its Humboldt County acres, and is not added to the Humboldt County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Humboldt 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
Mc Connell Fire	Aug 25, 2026	85%	Active	33,243	41.6144, -117.6943	41.5376, -117.7241
Sombrero Fire	Aug 24, 2026	80%	Inactive	19,204	41.1480, -118.0079	41.1230, -118.0545
Calico Fire	Aug 26, 2026	98%	Active	18,319	41.8934, -117.3433	41.8647, -117.3793
Dutch Flat Fire	Jul 6, 2026	100%	Inactive	15,588	41.1305, -117.5102	41.0671, -117.7050
Shyster Fire	Jun 20, 2026	70%	Inactive	2,186	41.8560, -118.5725	41.8212, -118.5785
Juniper Ridge Fire	Aug 25, 2026	75%	Inactive	778	40.9342, -117.5836	40.9651, -117.5415
Pinson Fire	Jun 20, 2026	—	Inactive	230	41.1075, -117.2404	41.2160, -117.2576
Long Canyon Fire	Aug 25, 2026	—	Inactive	38	41.9468, -117.3786	41.9195, -117.4116
Clover Fire	Aug 26, 2026	—	Inactive	5	41.2491, -118.5435	41.2400, -118.5192
Bobcat 4 Fire	Aug 31, 2026	—	Inactive	4	41.9360, -118.6967	41.9346, -118.6990
Dog Creek Fire	Aug 25, 2026	—	Inactive	2	41.5219, -117.7429	41.5224, -117.7421
Reed Fire	May 10, 2026	—	Inactive	1	41.3960, -117.5537	41.3007, -117.6469
Hanson Fire	Jul 11, 2026	—	Inactive	0	40.9629, -117.7246	40.9224, -117.7512
Mobley 2 Fire	Jun 3, 2026	—	Inactive	0	40.9766, -117.4793	40.9766, -117.4792
Cessna Fire	May 12, 2026	—	Inactive	0	40.8984, -117.7802	40.9002, -117.7955
Totals	2026 Season Fires 15	Active Fires 2	Acres Burning 51,562	2026 Season Acres 89,598

Land cover · Humboldt County 2026

Burned acres in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County	% of burned	% of Humboldt County
Forest	4,472	5.7%	1.2%
Range (shrubland)	45,527	58.5%	67.5%
Grassland	24,338	31.2%	21.5%
Other	3,551	4.6%	9.8%
Measured acres in Humboldt County	77,888	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Humboldt County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Mc Connell Fire	33,243	33,241	4,363	17,804	8,127	2,947
Calico Fire	18,319	18,157	106	15,495	2,438	118
Dutch Flat Fire	15,588	15,555	0	6,721	8,825	8
Sombrero Fire	19,204	7,688	0	3,451	3,810	427
Shyster Fire	2,186	2,187	0	1,257	921	9
Juniper Ridge Fire	778	779	1	673	105	0
Pinson Fire	230	230	0	83	107	40
Long Canyon Fire	38	38	0	38	0	0
Bobcat 4 Fire	4	5	0	3	0	1
Dog Creek Fire	2	4	0	0	4	0
Clover Fire	5	2	2	0	0	0
Reed Fire	1	1	0	0	0	1
Hanson Fire	0	1	0	0	0	1
Cessna Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Mobley 2 Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	15	89,598
Offered to measurement	15	89,598
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	14	89,598
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	0
Every cell outside Humboldt County	0	0
Measured acres in Humboldt County	14	77,888
Measured acres outside Humboldt County	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	77,888
Reported minus measured	—	11,710
Burned in from another county	0	0

Forest ownership · Humboldt County 2026

Burned forest acres in Humboldt 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 Humboldt County	% of burned forest	% of Humboldt County's forestland
Public	4,016	89.8%	80.4%
Federal	4,016	89.8%	80.4%
State	0	0.0%	0.0%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.4%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.4%
Private	9	0.2%	19.2%
Family	9	0.2%	18.8%
Corporate	0	0.0%	0.4%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	447	10.0%	—
Burned forest in Humboldt County	4,472	—	—