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Fires Near Reno, NV

Live wildfire tracking around Reno: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Fires within 100 mi
8 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Reno, NV

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • The nearest fire is 8 miles away but mostly contained.
  • 3 separate fires are burning within 25 miles.
There are currently 140 active fires within 300 miles of Reno, NV, including 3 within 25 miles and 22 within 100 miles. 1 of them is inside Reno city limits, covering 15,067 acres. The most significant is the Stallion fire, 25 miles away at 40,691 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Reno, NV in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Reno4 monitor is good (AQI 16).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 2 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 30 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

House pin: Reno, NV. Bold outline: Reno city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Nevada does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
1
15K acres
≤ 25 mi
3
16K acres
≤ 50 mi
4
56K acres
≤ 100 mi
22
57K acres
≤ 200 mi
70
134K acres
≤ 300 mi
140
1.4M acres

This season vs the last decade

855% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026128K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)15K acres

So far in 2026, 128K acres have burned within 25 miles of Reno, 855% of the 15K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Reno, NV

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Reno

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Dome Fire · Grew 228 acres in 24 hours to 4,361 acres

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Highland Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Highland Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Timber Fire · Mapped size revised down to 25,341 acres (from 25,513)

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  5. Irish Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR91, CFR658)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Harvey Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Goni Fire · Grew 22 acres in about an hour to 25 acres

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Goni Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N721HT)

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Grade 2 Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Timber Fire · Evacuation status lifted for zone MRY-F028-B

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Reno

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Dixie
2021
963,309 acres · 87 mi away
North Complex
2020
318,935 acres · 71 mi away · 16 deaths
Rush
2012
315,577 acres · 78 mi away
Caldor
2021
221,835 acres · 72 mi away
Camp
2018
153,336 acres · 89 mi away · 85 deaths
Sugar
2021
105,076 acres · 35 mi away

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