Mouse Meadow Fire

Perimeter mapped August 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM PDT, 51,408 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.267, -116.158.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Beatty

Size

52,000 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

35 Miles SW from Rachel, NV

County

Nye County

State

Nevada

Protecting agency

USAF

Land ownership at origin

DOD

Personnel assigned

5

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$1,344,096

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NVNAFQ-500729

IRWIN identifier

DCEBA814-01D4-4814-B421-3113FB326D0D

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2026 (5,784 acres) to August 12, 2026 (51,408 acres). The largest one-day growth was 32,406 acres, mapped August 5, 2026.

• Wind up to 8 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 19%
• High of 74°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Beatty, NV

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.

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 0.6 µg/m³ around Wed, 10:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Beatty, NV41 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Alamo, NV55 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Pahrump, NV74 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Death Valley, CA80 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Tonopah, NV81 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Summerlin South, NV92 miles southeast of the fire’s origin