2026 Merced County, California Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Merced County
Largest wildfires in Merced County this season
All 2026 Merced County Fires · 18 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Merced 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 Merced County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Merced County is listed too, at its Merced County acres, and is not added to the Merced County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Merced 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Fire | Jul 23, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1,280 | 37.5263, -120.4074 | 37.5650, -120.4259 |
| Lincoln Fire | Jun 16, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 734 | 37.2673, -120.7278 | — |
| Point Fire | Jul 1, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 650 | 37.0680, -121.2130 | — |
| Santa Fire | May 19, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 160 | 37.0330, -121.1510 | — |
| Nella Fire | Jul 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 135 | 37.0540, -120.9670 | — |
| Hayden Fire | Jul 7, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 45 | 37.3040, -120.3030 | — |
| Wright Fire | Jul 4, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 45 | 37.0210, -120.9900 | — |
| Turlock Fire | Jul 17, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 40 | 37.4770, -120.6470 | — |
| Reynolds Fire | Apr 20, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 40 | 36.9760, -120.6470 | — |
| Golf Fire | Jul 30, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 29 | 37.3610, -120.4500 | — |
| Landfill Fire | May 18, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 29 | 37.3860, -120.5030 | — |
| Stone Fire | Jun 10, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 27 | 37.0310, -120.8910 | — |
| McCabe Fire | Jun 6, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 22 | 37.1250, -121.0890 | — |
| Landon Fire | May 6, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 22 | 37.3660, -120.3690 | — |
| Cardella Fire | Jul 5, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 19 | 37.3460, -120.5040 | — |
| Jasper Fire | Aug 16, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 17 | 37.0570, -121.0250 | — |
| Solar Fire | Jul 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 37.1250, -121.0890 | — |
| Keaton Fire | Apr 16, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 10 | 37.3130, -120.9150 | — |
| Also burned into Merced County | ||||||
| Dawson Fire from Stanislaus County | May 17, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 110 of 191 | 37.6062, -120.4560 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 18 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 3,424 | ||
Land cover · Merced County 2026
Burned acres in Merced 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 · Merced County 2026
Burned forest acres in Merced 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 · Merced County 2026
Burned acres in Merced 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.