2026 Lincoln County, Nevada Wildfires

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2 Active Fires
28,728 Acres Burning About the size of San Francisco
7 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 (+133%) vs same period last year
59,529 2026 Season Acres ▲ +51,419 (+634%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Lincoln County

Sep 2 Started 33 acres 25 football fields Horsethief Fire
Jul 25 Started 13,619 acres About the size of Manhattan 16.2x the size of Central Park Quail Springs Fire
Jun 27 Started 2,264 acres 1.9x the size of Lincoln Park Parsnip Peak
Jun 27 Started 100 acres 77 football fields Dry Canyon Fire
Jun 17 Started 17,042 acres Slightly larger than Manhattan 14.1x the size of Lincoln Park Kane Springs
Jun 17 Started 26,464 acres About the size of Galveston Island 5.1x the size of JFK Airport Grapevine

Largest wildfires in Lincoln County this season

26,464 Acres About the size of Galveston Island 5.1x the size of JFK Airport Grapevine Caliente
17,042 Acres Slightly larger than Manhattan 14.1x the size of Lincoln Park Kane Springs Caliente
13,619 Acres About the size of Manhattan 16.2x the size of Central Park Quail Springs Fire Alamo
2,264 Acres 1.9x the size of Lincoln Park Parsnip Peak Pioche
100 Acres 77 football fields Dry Canyon Fire Pioche
33 Acres 25 football fields Horsethief Fire Pioche

All 2026 Lincoln County Fires · 7 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Lincoln County is listed too, at its Lincoln County acres, and is not added to the Lincoln County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Lincoln 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
Grapevine Jun 17, 2026 99% Active 26,464 37.4135, -114.2430 37.3808, -114.3047
Kane Springs Jun 17, 2026 99% Inactive 17,042 37.3571, -114.6547 37.2845, -114.6304
Quail Springs Fire Jul 25, 2026 100% Inactive 13,619 37.4596, -115.7016 37.4123, -115.7100
Parsnip Peak Jun 27, 2026 95% Active 2,264 38.1020, -114.2730 38.1039, -114.3487
Dry Canyon Fire Jun 27, 2026 0% Inactive 100 38.0261, -114.1465 37.9883, -114.1738
Horsethief Fire Sep 2, 2026 — Inactive 33 38.0169, -114.2600 37.9970, -114.2433
Cave Spring Fire Jun 13, 2026 — Inactive 7 37.5317, -114.2264 37.5370, -114.2043
Totals 2026 Season Fires 7 Active Fires 2 Acres Burning 28,728 2026 Season Acres 59,529

Land cover · Lincoln County 2026

Burned acres in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County % of burned % of Lincoln County
Forest 42,579 69.7% 22.6%
Range (shrubland) 17,839 29.2% 72.3%
Grassland 600 1.0% 0.9%
Other 105 0.2% 4.1%
Measured acres in Lincoln County 61,122 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Lincoln County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Grapevine 26,464 26,464 23,542 2,884 38 0 0
Kane Springs 17,042 17,049 9,821 7,085 137 6 0
Quail Springs Fire 13,619 13,614 5,911 7,198 408 98 0
Parsnip Peak 2,264 2,259 1,902 344 13 0 0
Dry Canyon Fire 100 1,699 1,375 320 4 0 0
Horsethief Fire 33 29 25 4 0 0 0
Cave Spring Fire 7 8 4 4 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 7 59,529
Offered to measurement 7 59,529
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 7 59,529
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Lincoln County 0 0
Measured acres in Lincoln County 7 61,122
Measured acres outside Lincoln County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 61,122
Reported minus measured — -1,593
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Lincoln County 2026

Burned forest acres in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County % of burned forest % of Lincoln County's forestland
Public 42,056 98.8% 98.2%
Federal 42,056 98.8% 98.0%
State 0 0.0% 0.2%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 36 0.1% 1.8%
Family 36 0.1% 1.7%
Corporate 0 0.0% 0.1%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 487 1.1% —
Burned forest in Lincoln County 42,579 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Lincoln County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Grapevine 23,542 23,285 0 0 0 36 221
Kane Springs 9,821 9,813 0 0 0 0 8
Quail Springs Fire 5,911 5,675 0 0 0 0 236
Parsnip Peak 1,902 1,887 0 0 0 0 15
Dry Canyon Fire 1,375 1,371 0 0 0 0 4
Horsethief Fire 25 25 0 0 0 0 0
Cave Spring Fire 4 1 0 0 0 0 3

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 191,456 42,579
Land cover Forest cells 191,456 42,579
Equal 191,456

Search Fires

🔥 Grapevine Active 2026
Started: Jun 17 26,464 acre 99% contained
Near Caliente · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Horsethief Fire 2026
Started: Sep 2 33 acre
Near Pioche · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Quail Springs Fire 2026
Started: Jul 25 13,619 acre 100% contained
Near Alamo · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Parsnip Peak Active 2026
Started: Jun 27 2,264 acre 95% contained
Near Pioche · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Dry Canyon Fire 2026
Started: Jun 27 100 acre 0% contained
Near Pioche · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Kane Springs 2026
Started: Jun 17 17,042 acre 99% contained
Near Caliente · Lincoln County, Nevada
🔥 Cave Spring Fire 2026
Started: Jun 13 7 acre
Near Caliente · Lincoln County, Nevada