2025 Merced County, California Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

8 2025 Season Fires ▲ +2 vs same period last year

1,368 2025 Season Acres ▲ +496 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Merced County

Sep 17 Started 36 acres 28 football fields East Fire

Sep 9 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Nella Fire

Sep 4 Started 24 acres 18 football fields Billy Fire

Sep 2 Started 315 acres 242 football fields Moraga Fire

Sep 2 Started 463 acres 356 football fields 55% the size of Central Park 18-1 Fire

Aug 31 Started 19 acres 15 football fields Pump Rd / Woo Rd Fire

Largest wildfires in Merced County this season

463 Acres 356 football fields 55% the size of Central Park 18-1 Fire Atwater

458 Acres 54% the size of Central Park 352 football fields Nella Fire Los Banos

315 Acres 242 football fields Moraga Fire Atwater

38 Acres 29 football fields Mission Fire Merced

36 Acres 28 football fields East Fire Atwater

24 Acres 18 football fields Billy Fire Atwater

All 2025 Merced County Fires · 8 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
18-1 Fire	Sep 2, 2025	100%	Inactive	463	37.2510, -120.1980	—
Nella Fire	May 17, 2025	—	Inactive	458	37.0456, -120.9655	—
Moraga Fire	Sep 2, 2025	100%	Inactive	315	37.0790, -120.9620	—
Mission Fire	May 21, 2025	—	Inactive	38	37.2685, -120.4812	—
East Fire	Sep 17, 2025	100%	Inactive	36	37.4910, -120.6120	—
Billy Fire	Sep 4, 2025	—	Inactive	24	37.0200, -120.9910	—
Pump Rd / Woo Rd Fire	Aug 31, 2025	100%	Inactive	19	36.9310, -120.8100	—
Nella Fire	Sep 9, 2025	100%	Inactive	15	37.0570, -120.9690	—
Totals	2025 Season Fires 8	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2025 Season Acres 1,368