Slink Fire
The Slink Fire was reported on October 3, 2026 in Mono County, California and has burned 196 acres. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 196 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 3, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 38.637, -119.528.
The incident
- Size
- 196 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Mono County
- State
- California
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-CABID-030871
- IRWIN identifier
- CF6B49BE-0922-436E-9695-6E0225259911
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 16%
- High of 88°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 drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sat, 1:00 PM PDT to Sat, 4:30 PM PDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 17.4 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 AM PDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Topaz Ranch Estates, NV7 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Smith Valley, NV14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Smith, NV16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville Ranchos, NV21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- East Valley, NV23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville, NV24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 October 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-CABID-030871.