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Talbot

Placer, CA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 93 acres in Placer before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

93

Acres Burned

90

Days Burning

Aug 12, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 87%
Aug 13 / 0 acresAug 20 / 93 acres

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Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

TALBOT update: 93 acres, 87% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 17

Per interagency perimeter data, the TALBOT was remapped 40 acres lower to 93 and containment moved from 55% to 87%.

IRWIN

Talbot Fire Incident Update 08-17-2026

Incident team
Aug 17

Talbot Fire Incident Update Monday, August 17 , 2026 8:00 a.m. Size: 93 acres Start Date & Time: August 12, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. Containment: 95% Location: French Meadows Road/51 Road, 14 miles southwest of Truckee Total Personnel: 385 Cause: Under Investigation Current Situation: The Sacramento Regional Type 3 Incident Management Team will transition command of the Talbot Fire back the Tahoe Nationa...

InciWeb

Talbot Fire Incident Update 08-16-2026

Incident team
Aug 16

Talbot Fire Incident Update Sunday, August 16, 2026 8:00 a.m. Size: 93 acres Start Date & Time: August 12, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. Containment: 75% Location: French Meadows Road/51 Road, 14 miles southwest of Truckee Total Personnel: 465 Cause: Under Investigation Current Situation: The total acreage of the Talbot Fire has been changed from 133 acres to 93 acres following additional field verification. ...

InciWeb

TALBOT update: 133 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the TALBOT grew 58 acres to 133.

IRWIN

Talbot Fire Incident Update 08-15-2026

Incident team
Aug 15

Talbot Fire Incident Update Saturday, August 15, 2026 8:00 a.m. Size: 91 acres Start Date & Time: August 12, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. Containment: 40%              Location: French Meadows Road/51 Road, 14 miles southwest of Truckee Total Personnel: 412 Cause: Under Investigation Current Situation: The Sacramento Regional Type 3 Incident Management Team continues to maintain command of the Talbot Fire wh...

InciWeb

Talbot Fire Incident Update 08-14-2026

Incident team
Aug 14

Talbot Fire Incident Update 8-14-2026 at 8:00 a.m. Fire Information: 530-830-3461, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Email: 2026.Talbot@firenet.gov Inciweb: inciweb.wildfire.gov/catnf-2026-talbot-fire Size: 75 acres Start Date & Time: August 12, 2026 at 3:26 p.m. Containment: 15% containment Location: French Meadows Road/51 Road, 14 miles southwest of Truckee Total Personnel: 376 Cause: Under Investigation Current...

InciWeb

TALBOT update: 75 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the TALBOT grew 59 acres to 75.

IRWIN

TALBOT update: 16 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the TALBOT grew 16 acres to 16.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 12Now

90 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 3b03df03-8ca9-44ed-a170-457213098a8e

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