Burn severity · Merced County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Merced County
Unburned to very low 7 18 28 12 0 64
Low 22 116 65 32 0 236
Moderate low 28 186 118 28 0 359
Moderate high 24 116 179 12 0 331
High 5 10 652 6 0 672
Assessed acres in Merced County 85 446 1,041 89 0 1,661
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Merced County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Fields Fire 1,280 1,045 62 222 318 226 218
Lincoln Fire 734 615 1 14 41 105 454
Dawson Fire burned in from Stanislaus County 191 111 (of 191) 0 4 11 32 64
Fires awaiting assessment
(16)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Point Fire 650 — Awaiting a perimeter
Santa Fire 160 — Awaiting a perimeter
Nella Fire 135 — Awaiting a perimeter
Wright Fire 45 — Awaiting a perimeter
Hayden Fire 45 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reynolds Fire 40 — Awaiting a perimeter
Turlock Fire 40 — Awaiting a perimeter
Landfill Fire 29 — Awaiting a perimeter
Golf Fire 29 — Awaiting a perimeter
Stone Fire 27 — Awaiting a perimeter
Landon Fire 22 — Awaiting a perimeter
McCabe Fire 22 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cardella Fire 19 — Awaiting a perimeter
Jasper Fire 17 — Awaiting a perimeter
Keaton Fire 10 — Awaiting a perimeter
Solar Fire 10 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 18 3,314
Offered to assessment 18 3,314
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 2 2,014
Awaiting a perimeter 16 1,300
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Merced County 0 0
Assessed acres in Merced County 2 1,661
Assessed acres outside Merced County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 1,661
Burned in from another county 1 111

Generated 2026-09-17 05:39 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 2026-09-17 05:39 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.