2026 Imperial County, California Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Imperial County
Largest wildfires in Imperial County this season
All 2026 Imperial County Fires · 4 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Imperial 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 Imperial County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Imperial County is listed too, at its Imperial County acres, and is not added to the Imperial County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Imperial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 236 | 32.7678, -114.6499 | 32.7638, -114.6413 |
| Whitlock Fire | May 19, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 101 | 32.9098, -115.2924 | 32.9258, -115.2916 |
| Alamo Fire | Jun 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 52 | 32.8262, -115.4364 | — |
| Ben Fire | May 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 33.0273, -114.9033 | 33.0272, -114.9034 |
| Also burned into Imperial County | ||||||
| Island Fire from La Paz County | Jul 26, 2026 | 95% | Inactive | 4 of 3,145 | 33.2958, -114.6794 | 33.2485, -114.6641 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 4 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 393 | ||
Land cover · Imperial County 2026
Burned acres in Imperial 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 · Imperial County 2026
Burned forest acres in Imperial 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 · Imperial County 2026
Burned acres in Imperial 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.