Burn severity · Placer County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Placer County
Unburned to very low 37 1 0 4 0 42
Low 2 0 0 1 0 3
Moderate low 3 0 0 1 0 4
Moderate high 7 0 0 0 0 8
High 36 1 0 1 0 38
Assessed acres in Placer County 85 3 0 7 0 95
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Placer County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Talbot Fire 132 92 40 3 4 8 38
Mineral Fire 17 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(4)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Riosa Fire 46 — Awaiting a perimeter
Andressen Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Alta Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Karchner Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 197
Offered to assessment 6 197
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 2 149
Awaiting a perimeter 4 48
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Placer County 0 0
Assessed acres in Placer County 2 95
Assessed acres outside Placer County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 95
Burned in from another county 0 0

Generated 2026-10-05 15:15 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 2026-10-05 15:15 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CA. 30 m cells.