2026 Butte County, California Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

7 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 (+40%) vs same period last year

131 2026 Season Acres ▼ -950 (-88%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Butte County

Jul 26 Started 18 acres 14 football fields Afterbay Fire

Jul 26 Started 13 acres 10 football fields Hurleton Fire

Jul 17 Started 7 acres 5 football fields Dove Fire

Jun 26 Started 31 acres 24 football fields Pentz Fire

Jun 9 Started 10 acres 8 football fields Tommy Fire

May 30 Started 52 acres 40 football fields School Fire

Largest wildfires in Butte County this season

52 Acres 40 football fields School Fire Palermo

31 Acres 24 football fields Pentz Fire Concow

18 Acres 14 football fields Afterbay Fire Thermalito

13 Acres 10 football fields Hurleton Fire Oroville East

10 Acres 8 football fields Tommy Fire Palermo

7 Acres 5 football fields Dove Fire Berry Creek

All 2026 Butte County Fires · 7 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Butte 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 Butte County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Butte County is listed too, at its Butte County acres, and is not added to the Butte County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Butte County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
School Fire	May 30, 2026	100%	Inactive	52	39.3360, -121.5270	—
Pentz Fire	Jun 26, 2026	100%	Inactive	31	39.7190, -121.5780	—
Afterbay Fire	Jul 26, 2026	100%	Inactive	18	39.4760, -121.6270	—
Hurleton Fire	Jul 26, 2026	100%	Inactive	13	39.5060, -121.4100	—
Tommy Fire	Jun 9, 2026	100%	Inactive	10	39.4140, -121.4970	—
Dove Fire	Jul 17, 2026	—	Inactive	7	39.5780, -121.4210	—
Hollywood Fire	Feb 11, 2026	—	Inactive	0	39.8378, -121.5849	—
Totals	2026 Season Fires 7	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 131