Started on Aug 25, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 28 miles northwest of Austin, NV
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 16 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalCreeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.Isolated Torching — Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across Churchill County, Nevada, the 9,218-acre Blue Eagle Fire has maintained an active status for nine days since its natural ignition on August 25, 2026, averaging a rapid daily growth of approximately 1,024 acres. Located 28 miles northwest of Austin and near Fallon on federal land managed by the BLM, the incident is currently overseen by a Type 3 Incident Command structure with 22 personnel assigned. The fire behavior has been characterized as moderate, featuring single tree torching and isolated torching within short grass fuels standing about one foot tall.
Despite the persistent active status of the Blue Eagle Fire, response efforts have driven containment to 90 percent, with total costs mounting to $3,602,115.17. The broader environmental context reveals a quieter than usual fire season for the country, which typically spans from June to October; so far in 2026, a total of 3,169,257 hectares have burned nationwide, marking a 42 percent decrease compared to the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Nevada for 12 days. In total it burned about 9,218 acres — around 37 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,368,453 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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