2026 Monterey County, California Wildfires

2 Active Fires

55,322 Acres Burning 2.1x the size of Hilton Head Island

14 2026 Season Fires ▲ +11 (+367%) vs same period last year

64,297 2026 Season Acres ▲ +64,209 (+72965%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Monterey County

Sep 5 Started Riverside

Aug 26 Started 39 acres 30 football fields Paskett Fire

Aug 26 Started 29,942 acres About the size of San Francisco 2.1x the size of Manhattan Plaskett Fire

Aug 20 Started 12 acres 9 football fields Jolon Fire

Aug 9 Started 16 acres 12 football fields Bryson Fire

Aug 9 Started 25,380 acres About the size of Galveston Island 21.0x the size of Lincoln Park Timber Fire

Largest wildfires in Monterey County this season

29,942 Acres About the size of San Francisco 2.1x the size of Manhattan Plaskett Fire King City

25,380 Acres About the size of Galveston Island 21.0x the size of Lincoln Park Timber Fire Big Sur

8,000 Acres 55% the size of Manhattan 6.6x the size of Lincoln Park Camp Roberts Bob Fire Lake Nacimiento

445 Acres 53% the size of Central Park 342 football fields Bradley Fire San Miguel

157 Acres 121 football fields Pine Fire San Ardo

150 Acres 115 football fields Williams Fire San Ardo

All 2026 Monterey County Fires · 14 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Monterey 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 Monterey County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Monterey County is listed too, at its Monterey County acres, and is not added to the Monterey County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Monterey 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
Plaskett Fire	Aug 26, 2026	79%	Active	29,942	35.9238, -121.3874	35.9197, -121.4670
Timber Fire	Aug 9, 2026	27%	Active	25,380	36.2503, -121.7067	35.9294, -121.3838
Camp Roberts Bob Fire	May 14, 2026	—	Inactive	8,000	35.8300, -120.8120	—
Bradley Fire	May 11, 2026	—	Inactive	445	35.8100, -120.7670	—
Pine Fire	Apr 28, 2026	100%	Inactive	157	36.1660, -120.8700	—
Williams Fire	Jul 19, 2026	100%	Inactive	150	35.9896, -121.0236	—
Metz Fire	Jun 5, 2026	100%	Inactive	74	36.3590, -121.2170	—
Lucas Fire	Jul 1, 2026	100%	Inactive	50	36.1040, -121.0250	—
Paskett Fire	Aug 26, 2026	—	Inactive	39	35.9080, -121.4120	—
Pine Fire	Jun 20, 2026	100%	Inactive	22	36.1630, -121.1620	—
Bryson Fire	Aug 9, 2026	100%	Inactive	16	35.8230, -121.0950	—
Jolon Fire	Aug 20, 2026	—	Inactive	12	35.8720, -120.8390	—
Camp Roberts Range L5 Bob Fire	Jul 19, 2026	—	Inactive	10	35.8120, -120.7650	—
Riverside	Sep 5, 2026	100%	Inactive	0	36.9090, -121.7410	—
Totals	2026 Season Fires 14	Active Fires 2	Acres Burning 55,322	2026 Season Acres 64,297

Land cover · Monterey County 2026

Burned acres in Monterey 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.

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Acres by cover type	Acres in Monterey County	% of burned	% of Monterey County
Forest	33,090	59.6%	23.1%
Range (shrubland)	19,770	35.6%	33.6%
Grassland	1,545	2.8%	27.0%
Other	1,079	1.9%	16.3%
Measured acres in Monterey County	55,484	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Monterey County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Plaskett Fire	29,942	29,942 (of 29,944)	17,167	11,467	904	405
Timber Fire	25,380	25,420	15,914	8,200	640	667
Williams Fire	150	121	9	103	1	7

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Camp Roberts Bob Fire	8,000	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Bradley Fire	445	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Pine Fire	157	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Metz Fire	74	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Lucas Fire	50	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Paskett Fire	39	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Pine Fire	22	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Bryson Fire	16	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Jolon Fire	12	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Camp Roberts Range L5 Bob Fire	10	—	Awaiting a perimeter
Riverside	0	—	Awaiting a perimeter

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	14	64,297
Offered to measurement	14	64,297
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	3	55,472
Awaiting a perimeter	11	8,825
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	0	0
Every cell outside Monterey County	0	0
Measured acres in Monterey County	3	55,484
Measured acres outside Monterey County	—	2
Whole perimeter acres	—	55,486
Reported minus measured	—	-14
Burned in from another county	0	0

Forest ownership · Monterey County 2026

Burned forest acres in Monterey 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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in Monterey County	% of burned forest	% of Monterey County's forestland
Public	15,467	46.7%	35.7%
Federal	14,897	45.0%	30.1%
State	570	1.7%	5.6%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	3	0.0%	64.3%
Family	3	0.0%	52.0%
Corporate	0	0.0%	6.1%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	6.1%
Ownership not modeled	17,620	53.2%	—
Burned forest in Monterey County	33,090	—	—