Stallion Fire
The Stallion Fire was reported on August 10, 2026 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 40,691 acres. It was fully contained on August 27, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 40,691 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2026
- Personnel
- 15
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped August 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM PDT, 40,691 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 39.823, -119.525.
The incident
- Size
- 40,691 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM PDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles W from Nixon, NV
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Nixon
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,115,184
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NVTMFX-030698
- IRWIN identifier
- 75B0C6D7-10D4-476A-B691-3D78231B4997
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 10, 2026 (589 acres) to August 18, 2026 (40,691 acres). The largest one-day growth was 21,839 acres, mapped August 11, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 10, 2026 | 589 | |
| August 11, 2026 | 22,428 | +21,839 |
| August 12, 2026 | 33,731 | +11,303 |
| August 13, 2026 | 40,689 | +6,958 |
| August 14, 2026 | 40,690 | +1 |
| August 18, 2026 | 40,691 | +1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spanish Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Spanish Springs, NV15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sparks, NV23 miles southwest 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 September 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM PDT. Identifier 2026-NVTMFX-030698.