2026 Imperial County, California Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 vs same period last year

393 2026 Season Acres ▲ +393 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Imperial County

Aug 9 Started 236 acres 182 football fields Foster Fire

Jun 11 Started 52 acres 40 football fields Alamo Fire

May 19 Started 101 acres 78 football fields Whitlock Fire

May 13 Started Ben Fire

Largest wildfires in Imperial County this season

236 Acres 182 football fields Foster Fire Yuma

101 Acres 78 football fields Whitlock Fire Holtville

52 Acres 40 football fields Alamo Fire Holtville

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.

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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