2026 Merced County, California Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

18 2026 Season Fires ▲ +16 (+800%) vs same period last year

3,334 2026 Season Acres ▲ +2,838 (+572%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Merced County

Aug 16 Started 17 acres 13 football fields Jasper Fire

Jul 30 Started 29 acres 22 football fields Golf Fire

Jul 23 Started 1,280 acres About the size of Lincoln Park Fields Fire

Jul 17 Started 40 acres 31 football fields Turlock Fire

Jul 16 Started 10 acres 8 football fields Solar Fire

Jul 10 Started 52 acres 40 football fields Nella Fire

Largest wildfires in Merced County this season

1,280 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Fields Fire Winton

734 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Lincoln Fire Livingston

650 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park 500 football fields Point Fire Gustine

160 Acres 123 football fields Santa Fire Gustine

52 Acres 40 football fields Nella Fire Los Banos

45 Acres 35 football fields Hayden Fire Planada

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.

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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	52	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	23	37.0310, -120.8910	—
Landon Fire	May 6, 2026	100%	Inactive	22	37.3660, -120.3690	—
Cardella Fire	Jul 5, 2026	100%	Inactive	19	37.3460, -120.5040	—
McCabe Fire	Jun 6, 2026	100%	Inactive	19	37.1250, -121.0890	—
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 3,334