2026 Washoe County, Nevada Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Washoe County
Largest wildfires in Washoe County this season
All 2026 Washoe County Fires · 17 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.
| 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 |
| Fred Mt Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 66,505 | 39.7956, -119.8370 | 39.7755, -119.8471 |
| 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 | — | Inactive | 9,524 | 41.6793, -119.8872 | — |
| Bull Fire | Oct 3, 2026 | — | Active | 1,529 | 39.5582, -119.9825 | 39.5412, -119.9857 |
| 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 |
| Steer Fire | Sep 24, 2026 | — | Active | 11 | 40.9532, -119.9725 | — |
| 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 | ||||||
| Hawk Fire from another county | Aug 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 15,085 of 15,085 | 39.5877, -119.9277 | 39.5532, -119.9693 |
| Biscar Fire from Lassen County | Jul 18, 2026 | 98% | Inactive | 3,998 of 69,355 | 40.6436, -120.1541 | 40.5457, -120.3316 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 17 | Active Fires 3 | Acres Burning 127,262 | 2026 Season Acres 232,473 | ||
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.
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.
Burn severity · Washoe County 2026
Burned acres in Washoe County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.