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Nevada Current Fire Restrictions (2026)

Conditional: Nevada sets public-land fire restrictions per land-management unit — there is no single statewide Stage. THE LAST BLM STAGE 1 ORDERS HAVE NOW ENDED: BLM's Carson City District order BLM-CCD-2026-01 (effective 12:01 a.m. June 22, 2026) and BLM's Battle Mountain District Stage 1 order (effective July 1, 2026) each stated it was "expiring on October 31, 2026 unless otherwise rescinded," so both have ended by their own terms, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Nevada Agency's Stage 1 order BLM-WNA-2026-01, covering trust land of the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Washoe Tribe and Yerington Paiute Tribe, was set to "terminate on October 31, 2026, unless it is rescinded" (land managed by a Tribal Council can carry its own rules). Before that, BLM's Winnemucca District Stage 1 Fire Restrictions expired at 12:01 a.m. on October 31, 2026, and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's Stage 1 orders for the Santa Rosa Ranger District (Order 04-17-10-26-01), the Mountain City and Jarbidge Ranger Districts (Order 04-17-06-26-01), the Carson Ranger District (Order 04-17-01-26-04) and the Bridgeport Ranger District east of Highway 395 (Order 04-17-02-26-02), and the Carson Ranger District's Emergency Recreational Shooting Order (04-17-26-01-05), all ran through October 31, 2026 and have ended. STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL RESCINDED: GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK is at STAGE 2 (effective 12:00 p.m. July 3, 2026, "until rescinded"), which bars any fire or campfire with a wood or charcoal burning device; and the Nevada Division of Forestry's Western Region fire restrictions (effective 12:00 a.m. June 22, 2026, "until rescinded") cover all state lands, state parks and recreation areas in Carson City, Douglas, Lander, Lyon, Pershing and Humboldt counties — Lahontan, Rye Patch and Walker River state recreation areas, Washoe Lake, Dayton and Mormon Station, Fort Churchill and Berlin-Ichthyosaur: no fire, campfire or stove fire outside developed campgrounds, picnic or designated areas with provided fire rings (portable gas or pressurized-fuel stoves allowed), no smoking except in an enclosed vehicle or cleared area, no fireworks, tracer rounds, steel-core ammunition or explosive targets, and a fire extinguisher, shovel and at least 1 gallon of water required in any vehicle in wildland areas. SOUTHERN AND NORTHEAST NEVADA ENDED EARLIER: BLM's Southern Nevada District and Lake Mead National Recreation Area rescinded their Stage 1 orders effective 12:01 a.m. October 1, 2026 (fireworks, including "safe and sane," stay prohibited at Lake Mead at all times, and BLM Southern Nevada's Year-Round Fire Prevention Order and the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area year-round order stay in effect), and BLM's Elko District rescinded its June 12, 2026 order effective 12:01 a.m. October 3, 2026. Always prohibited on all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada: fireworks and any pyrotechnic or incendiary device, explosives including binary exploding targets, ammunition with tracer, incendiary or steel components, and operating any engine without a working spark arrestor. Restrictions are set unit by unit and change with conditions — confirm your exact area before you burn.

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