2026 Washoe County, Nevada Wildfires

2 Active Fires

135,246 Acres Burning 3.1x the size of Washington D.C.

15 2026 Season Fires ▲ +9 (+150%) vs same period last year

152,870 2026 Season Acres ▲ +149,980 (+5190%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Washoe County

Aug 26 Started 9,524 acres 1.8x the size of JFK Airport 7.9x the size of Lincoln Park Nod-S1 Fire

Aug 26 Started 9,692 acres 8.0x the size of Lincoln Park 1.9x the size of JFK Airport S-1 Vya Fire

Aug 10 Started 40,691 acres About the size of Washington D.C. 2.8x the size of Manhattan Stallion Fire

Aug 10 Started 134,796 acres 5.0x the size of Hilton Head Island 25.9x the size of JFK Airport Bug & Stallion Fire

Aug 9 Started 3,482 acres 2.9x the size of Lincoln Park 67% the size of JFK Airport Fred Mt Fire

Aug 8 Started 7 acres 5 football fields Hunter Fire

Largest wildfires in Washoe County this season

134,796 Acres 5.0x the size of Hilton Head Island 25.9x the size of JFK Airport Bug & Stallion Fire Spanish Springs

9,692 Acres 8.0x the size of Lincoln Park 1.9x the size of JFK Airport S-1 Vya Fire Cedarville

9,524 Acres 1.8x the size of JFK Airport 7.9x the size of Lincoln Park Nod-S1 Fire Cedarville

3,482 Acres 2.9x the size of Lincoln Park 67% the size of JFK Airport Fred Mt Fire Lemmon Valley

185 Acres 142 football fields Diablo Fire Virginia City

100 Acres 77 football fields Navato Fire Sparks

All 2026 Washoe County Fires · 15 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Washoe 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 Washoe County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Washoe County is listed too, at its Washoe County acres, and is not added to the Washoe County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Washoe 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
Bug & Stallion Fire	Aug 10, 2026	97%	Active	125,722 of 134,796	39.8470, -119.7440	—
Bug Fire	Aug 8, 2026	100%	Inactive	93,733	39.8070, -119.8902	39.7268, -120.0352
Stallion Fire	Aug 10, 2026	98%	Inactive	40,691	39.8110, -119.4823	39.8255, -119.5197
S-1 Vya Fire	Aug 26, 2026	94%	Inactive	9,692	41.6817, -119.8871	41.5755, -119.9934
Nod-S1 Fire	Aug 26, 2026	—	Active	9,524	41.6793, -119.8872	—
Fred Mt Fire	Aug 9, 2026	0%	Inactive	3,482	39.7956, -119.8370	39.7755, -119.8471
Diablo Fire	Aug 3, 2026	—	Inactive	185	39.3331, -119.7482	39.3337, -119.7427
Navato Fire	Jun 17, 2026	—	Inactive	100	39.5538, -119.6772	39.5540, -119.6793
Ringo Fire	Aug 2, 2026	—	Inactive	77	39.7268, -119.9601	39.7267, -119.9708
Chimney Fire	Jun 15, 2026	—	Inactive	17	39.6231, -119.7876	39.6226, -119.7816
Hunter Fire	Aug 8, 2026	—	Inactive	7	39.4629, -119.9367	39.4962, -119.9100
Owl Fire	Jul 17, 2026	—	Inactive	7	39.6430, -119.3514	33.9020, -83.9784
Obrien Fire	May 19, 2026	—	Inactive	6	39.6011, -119.8018	39.6016, -119.8003
Cambrai Fire	May 13, 2026	—	Inactive	5	39.7387, -119.6111	39.7607, -119.5590
Rhyolite Fire	Jun 19, 2026	—	Inactive	3	39.3861, -119.7392	39.3861, -119.7384
Sizzle Fire	Jul 19, 2026	—	Inactive	0	39.6349, -119.7875	39.6265, -119.7847
Antelope Fire	Jul 5, 2026	—	Inactive	0	39.5877, -119.8074	39.5883, -119.7983
Also burned into Washoe County
Biscar Fire from Lassen County	Jul 18, 2026	98%	Inactive	3,998 of 69,355	40.6436, -120.1541	40.5457, -120.3316
Hawk Fire from another county	Aug 10, 2026	100%	Inactive	45 of 45	39.5877, -119.9277	39.5532, -119.9693
Totals	2026 Season Fires 15	Active Fires 2	Acres Burning 135,246	2026 Season Acres 152,870

Land cover · Washoe County 2026

Burned acres in Washoe 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 Washoe County	% of burned	% of Washoe County
Forest	9,455	6.5%	6.3%
Range (shrubland)	111,077	75.8%	72.9%
Grassland	22,754	15.5%	7.5%
Other	3,163	2.2%	13.3%
Burned in from another county	19,080	—	—
Measured acres in Washoe County	146,449	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Washoe County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Bug Fire in Bug & Stallion Fire	93,733	82,649 (of 93,726)	2,911	60,455	16,454	2,829
Stallion Fire in Bug & Stallion Fire	40,691	40,694	1,946	34,433	4,192	123
S-1 Vya Fire	9,692	9,698	2,362	6,447	788	102
Nod-S1 Fire	9,524	9,525	2,177	6,427	813	107
Fred Mt Fire	3,482	3,481	48	2,973	460	1
Diablo Fire	185	184	3	177	5	0
Navato Fire	100	100	0	84	17	0
Ringo Fire	77	78	0	58	20	0
Chimney Fire	17	17	0	13	4	0
Owl Fire	7	8	0	8	0	0
Hunter Fire	7	8	7	1	0	0
Cambrai Fire	5	3	0	2	1	0
Rhyolite Fire	3	2	0	0	0	1
Obrien Fire	6	0	0	0	0	0
Antelope Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawk Fire burned in from another county	45	15,082	1,033	11,090	2,697	264
Biscar Fire burned in from Lassen County	69,355	3,998 (of 69,346)	6	2,935	933	124

Fires awaiting measurement

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

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	15	157,901
Offered to measurement	16	157,529
Complex roll-up residue	—	372
Fires with cells	15	157,529
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	0
Every cell outside Washoe County	0	0
Measured acres in Washoe County	15	146,449
Measured acres outside Washoe County	—	11,077
Whole perimeter acres	—	157,525
Reported minus measured	—	4
Burned in from another county	2	19,080

Forest ownership · Washoe County 2026

Burned forest acres in Washoe 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 Washoe County	% of burned forest	% of Washoe County's forestland
Public	2,442	25.8%	71.0%
Federal	2,442	25.8%	66.3%
State	0	0.0%	4.8%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	153	1.6%	5.0%
Tribal	153	1.6%	5.0%
Private	2,134	22.6%	23.9%
Family	2,134	22.6%	23.8%
Corporate	0	0.0%	0.1%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	4,727	50.0%	—
Burned in from another county	1,038	—	—
Burned forest in Washoe County	9,455	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Washoe County	Federal	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
Bug Fire in Bug & Stallion Fire	2,911	537	0	150	2,225
S-1 Vya Fire	2,362	880	0	749	733
Nod-S1 Fire	2,177	838	0	684	655
Stallion Fire in Bug & Stallion Fire	1,946	171	153	551	1,072
Fred Mt Fire	48	6	0	0	42
Hunter Fire	7	7	0	0	0
Diablo Fire	3	1	0	0	1
Hawk Fire burned in from another county	1,033	727	0	86	220
Biscar Fire burned in from Lassen County	6	0	0	0	5