Shoshone Fire
The Shoshone Fire was reported on August 15, 2026 in Churchill County, Nevada and burned 24,514 acres. It was fully contained on August 24, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,514 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2026
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped August 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM PDT, 24,514 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.830, -117.676.
The incident
- Size
- 24,514 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 58 Miles NE from Fallon, NV
- County
- Churchill County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Fallon
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NVCCD-030721
- IRWIN identifier
- 977DE644-6D44-44E1-93F6-B8D615EDD5AE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 17, 2026 (7,934 acres) to August 21, 2026 (24,514 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,287 acres, mapped August 21, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 17, 2026 | 7,934 | |
| August 18, 2026 | 13,634 | +5,700 |
| August 19, 2026 | 15,008 | +1,374 |
| August 20, 2026 | 17,226 | +2,218 |
| August 21, 2026 | 24,514 | +7,288 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM PDT. Identifier 2026-NVCCD-030721.