2026 Storey County, Nevada Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
2 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 vs same period last year
24 2026 Season Acres ▲ +24 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Storey County

Jul 17 Started 19 acres 15 football fields Gold Fire
Jul 8 Started 5 acres 4 football fields Pinenut Fire

Largest wildfires in Storey County this season

19 Acres 15 football fields Gold Fire Virginia City
5 Acres 4 football fields Pinenut Fire Virginia City

All 2026 Storey County Fires · 2 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Storey 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 Storey County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Storey County is listed too, at its Storey County acres, and is not added to the Storey County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Storey 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
Gold Fire Jul 17, 2026 Inactive 19 39.2907, -119.6637 39.2905, -119.6574
Pinenut Fire Jul 8, 2026 Inactive 5 39.3474, -119.5428 39.3505, -119.5448
Totals 2026 Season Fires 2 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 24

Land cover · Storey County 2026

Burned acres in Storey 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 Storey County % of burned % of Storey County
Forest 4 17.8% 21.7%
Range (shrubland) 14 59.8% 67.5%
Grassland 3 14.0% 6.8%
Other 2 8.4% 3.9%
Measured acres in Storey County 24
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Storey County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Gold Fire 19 19 4 12 2 2 0
Pinenut Fire 5 5 1 2 2 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 2 24
Offered to measurement 2 24
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 2 24
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Storey County 0 0
Measured acres in Storey County 2 24
Measured acres outside Storey County 0
Whole perimeter acres 24
Reported minus measured 0
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Storey County 2026

Burned forest acres in Storey 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 Storey County % of burned forest % of Storey County's forestland
Public 3 73.7% 14.1%
Federal 3 73.7% 14.1%
State 0 0.0% 0.0%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.5%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.5%
Private 0 5.3% 85.4%
Family 0 5.3% 78.8%
Corporate 0 0.0% 6.5%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 1 21.1%
Burned forest in Storey County 4
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Storey County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Gold Fire 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
Pinenut Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 19 4
Land cover Forest cells 19 4
Equal 19

Search Fires

🔥 Gold Fire 2026
Started: Jul 17 19 acre
🔥 Pinenut Fire 2026
Started: Jul 8 5 acre