Quail Springs Fire

Perimeter mapped September 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM PDT, 13,612 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.412, -115.710.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Alamo

Size

13,619 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 25, 2026 at 8:22 AM PDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

30 Miles W from Alamo, NV

County

Lincoln County

State

Nevada

Protecting agency

BLM

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

14

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$2,390,490

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NVSND-500738

IRWIN identifier

2D6683D6-91A2-4C00-8771-015C41600C5C

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2026 (11,097 acres) to September 21, 2026 (13,612 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,894 acres, mapped July 31, 2026.

• Wind up to 25 mph from the northwest
• Relative humidity as low as 36%
• High of 68°F

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

Full forecast for Alamo, 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 0.7 µg/m³ around Wed, 6:00 PM PDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Alamo, NV30 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Caliente, NV67 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Beatty, NV67 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Pioche, NV78 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Moapa Town, NV80 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Pahrump, NV85 miles south of the fire’s origin