No longer in the daily fire updates. The Rock Fire last appeared in an official report on August 24, at under 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Rock Fire

White Pine County, Nevada · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Aug 24, 2026 (about 2 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Now
Size
0 acres
Aug 24, 1:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Rock Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Rock Fire summary

The Rock Fire is a wildfire near White Pine County, Nevada. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
August 24, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 24th at 12:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Today

85°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 15 mph SSW · 19% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

55°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 10 mph NNE · 26% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Tuesday

85°F · Mostly Sunny then Isolated T-storms

Wind 0 to 10 mph SSW · 12% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tuesday Night

57°F · Isolated T-storms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 5 mph SSE · 12% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

86°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 10 mph S · 22% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 24th at 12:05 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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Nearby fires to Rock Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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