2026 Maricopa County, Arizona Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Maricopa County
Largest wildfires in Maricopa County this season
All 2026 Maricopa County Fires · 8 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Maricopa County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Maricopa County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Maricopa County is listed too, at its Maricopa County acres, and is not added to the Maricopa County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Maricopa County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afm -Hazen Fire | May 2, 2026 | 93% | Inactive | 1,191 | 33.3436, -112.6005 | 33.3497, -112.6081 |
| Horseshoe Fire | May 7, 2026 | — | Inactive | 233 | 33.9644, -111.7174 | 33.9657, -111.7108 |
| Bronco Fire | May 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 106 | 33.9490, -111.8347 | 33.9510, -111.8321 |
| Jones | May 11, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 84 | 33.9655, -112.7211 | 33.9580, -112.7110 |
| Battleship Fire | Aug 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 55 | 33.4896, -111.3679 | 33.5003, -111.3727 |
| Kay Fire | Jun 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 42 | 33.8855, -111.7986 | 33.8800, -111.8155 |
| Queen Fire | Apr 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 32 | 33.2749, -111.9429 | 33.2881, -111.9458 |
| Phon D Fire | Jun 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 7 | 33.5391, -111.6683 | 33.5388, -111.6692 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 8 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 1,750 |
Land cover · Maricopa County 2026
Burned acres in Maricopa County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Maricopa County 2026
Burned forest acres in Maricopa County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Maricopa County 2026
Burned acres in Maricopa County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.