McConnell Fire
The McConnell Fire was reported on August 25, 2026 in Humboldt County, Nevada and has burned 33,652 acres. It is 91 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 33,652 acres
- Contained
- 91%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2026
- Personnel
- 19
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2026 at 12:56 PM PDT, 33,652 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.518, -117.742.
The incident
- Size
- 33,652 acres
- Containment
- 91%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 3 Miles E from Orovada, NV
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,570,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NVWID-020620
- IRWIN identifier
- E04E00BD-949A-4B82-910C-100F18ACF940
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 27, 2026 (17,878 acres) to September 13, 2026 (33,652 acres). The largest one-day growth was 15,607 acres, mapped August 29, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2026 | 17,878 | |
| August 28, 2026 | 16,569 | -1,309 |
| August 29, 2026 | 32,176 | +15,607 |
| August 30, 2026 | 32,648 | +472 |
| August 31, 2026 | 32,851 | +203 |
| September 2, 2026 | 32,926 | +75 |
| September 3, 2026 | 33,231 | +305 |
| September 5, 2026 | 33,241 | +10 |
| September 8, 2026 | 33,243 | +2 |
| September 11, 2026 | 33,242 | -1 |
| September 12, 2026 | 33,623 | +381 |
| September 13, 2026 | 33,652 | +29 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the east
- Relative humidity as low as 22%
- High of 77°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.8 µg/m³ around Sun, 6:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-NVWID-020620.