2026 Lander County, Nevada Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
17,539 Acres Burning Slightly larger than Manhattan
4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 vs same period last year
17,644 2026 Season Acres ▲ +17,644 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Lander County

Aug 25 Started 34 acres 26 football fields Cedar Fire
Jul 26 Started 84 acres 65 football fields Cornin Fire
Jul 3 Started James Monroe Fire
Jun 16 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Cortez Fire

Largest wildfires in Lander County this season

84 Acres 65 football fields Cornin Fire
34 Acres 26 football fields Cedar Fire
1 Acres 1 football fields Cortez Fire Battle Mountain

All 2026 Lander County Fires · 4 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Lander 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 Lander County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Lander County is listed too, at its Lander County acres, and is not added to the Lander County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Lander 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
Cornin Fire Jul 26, 2026 100% Inactive 84 39.6502, -116.9924 39.6441, -116.9673
Cedar Fire Aug 25, 2026 — Inactive 21 of 34 40.1399, -117.4769 40.1538, -117.4630
Cortez Fire Jun 16, 2026 — Inactive 0 of 1 40.1931, -116.5463 40.3070, -116.5360
James Monroe Fire Jul 3, 2026 — Inactive 0 40.5954, -116.9053 40.5967, -116.9056
Also burned into Lander County
New Pass from Churchill County Jul 26, 2026 81% Active 17,539 of 37,899 39.6427, -117.4724 39.6988, -117.4870
Totals 2026 Season Fires 4 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 17,539 2026 Season Acres 17,644

Land cover · Lander County 2026

Burned acres in Lander 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 Lander County % of burned % of Lander County
Forest 54 51.5% 11.5%
Range (shrubland) 48 45.4% 72.1%
Grassland 3 3.2% 11.1%
Other 0 0.0% 5.3%
Burned in from another county 17,531 — —
Measured acres in Lander County 106 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Lander County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Cornin Fire 84 83 51 30 2 0 0
Cedar Fire 34 23 (of 34) 3 18 1 0 0
New Pass burned in from Churchill County 37,899 17,531 (of 37,889) 7,430 9,203 897 1 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Cortez Fire 1 42 Every cell outside Lander County
James Monroe Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 119
Offered to measurement 4 119
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 2 118
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Lander County 1 1
Measured acres in Lander County 2 106
Measured acres outside Lander County — 12
Whole perimeter acres — 117
Reported minus measured — 1
Burned in from another county 1 17,531

Forest ownership · Lander County 2026

Burned forest acres in Lander 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 Lander County % of burned forest % of Lander County's forestland
Public 50 92.2% 94.1%
Federal 50 92.2% 94.1%
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 0 0.0% 5.9%
Family 0 0.0% 5.9%
Corporate 0 0.0% 0.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 4 7.8% —
Burned in from another county 7,430 — —
Burned forest in Lander County 54 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Lander County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Cornin Fire 51 50 0 0 0 0 1
Cedar Fire 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
New Pass burned in from Churchill County 7,430 6,813 0 0 0 240 378

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 245 54
Land cover Forest cells 245 54
Equal 245

Search Fires

🔥 Cedar Fire 2026
Started: Aug 25 34 acre
Lander County, Nevada
🔥 Cornin Fire 2026
Started: Jul 26 84 acre 100% contained
Lander County, Nevada
🔥 James Monroe Fire 2026
Started: Jul 3 0 acre
Near Battle Mountain · Lander County, Nevada
🔥 Cortez Fire 2026
Started: Jun 16 1 acre
Near Battle Mountain · Lander County, Nevada