Burn severity · Imperial County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Imperial County
Unburned to very low 3 26 0 8 0 37
Low 17 96 4 16 0 133
Moderate low 30 73 2 11 0 116
Moderate high 33 32 1 6 0 71
High 28 5 0 0 0 34
Assessed acres in Imperial County 110 232 8 42 0 392
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Imperial County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Foster Fire 236 236 20 64 64 54 34
Whitlock Fire 101 102 8 45 42 6 0
Alamo Fire 52 54 8 24 10 11 0
Island Fire burned in from La Paz County 3,145 5 (of 3,144) 3 1 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(1)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Ben Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 389
Offered to assessment 4 389
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 3 389
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Imperial County 0 0
Assessed acres in Imperial County 3 392
Assessed acres outside Imperial County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 392
Burned in from another county 1 5

Generated 2026-09-21 23:22 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-21 23:22 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.