2026 Mendocino County, California Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Mendocino County
Largest wildfires in Mendocino County this season
All 2026 Mendocino County Fires · 12 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Mendocino 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 Mendocino County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Mendocino County is listed too, at its Mendocino County acres, and is not added to the Mendocino County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Mendocino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feliz Fire | Aug 1, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 872 | 38.9972, -123.1405 | 38.9897, -123.1653 |
| Anderson Fire | Aug 5, 2026 | 40% | Inactive | 205 | 39.7870, -123.2480 | — |
| Round Fire | Jun 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 67 | 39.7260, -123.1940 | — |
| Boon Fire | Sep 21, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 39 | 39.0000, -123.3350 | — |
| Williams Fire | Aug 19, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 19 | 39.8190, -123.1280 | — |
| Agency Fire | Jul 7, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 15 | 39.8310, -123.2430 | — |
| Buffalo Fire | Aug 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 14 | 39.2040, -123.0540 | — |
| Palmer Fire | Jun 1, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 13 | 39.0140, -123.3240 | — |
| Timber Fire | Jun 16, 2026 | 15% | Inactive | 9 | 39.7284, -123.1701 | — |
| Brick Fire | Jul 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 7 | 39.8680, -123.5750 | — |
| Ponderosa Fire | Aug 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 5 | 39.2400, -123.1800 | — |
| Low Fire | Aug 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 39.1651, -123.3763 | — |
| Also burned into Mendocino County | ||||||
| Lucas Fire from Lake County | Sep 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 26 of 4,128 | 39.2274, -122.9691 | 39.2319, -123.0028 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 12 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 1,291 | ||
Land cover · Mendocino County 2026
Burned acres in Mendocino 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 · Mendocino County 2026
Burned forest acres in Mendocino 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 · Mendocino County 2026
Burned acres in Mendocino 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.