2026 Monterey County, California Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Monterey County
Largest wildfires in Monterey County this season
All 2026 Monterey County Fires · 15 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.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaskett Fire | Aug 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 30,124 | 35.9237, -121.3874 | 35.9197, -121.4670 |
| Timber Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | 97% | Active | 25,351 | 36.2503, -121.7064 | 35.9294, -121.3838 |
| Camp Roberts Bob Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 8,000 | 35.8300, -120.8120 | — |
| Paskett Fire | Aug 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5,924 | 35.9080, -121.4120 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Moss Landing Power Plant Fire | Sep 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 36.8070, -121.7830 | — |
| Riverside | Sep 5, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 0 | 36.9090, -121.7410 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 15 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 25,351 | 2026 Season Acres 70,335 |
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.
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.
Burn severity · Monterey County 2026
Burned acres in Monterey 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.