2026 Tulare County, California Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Tulare County
Largest wildfires in Tulare County this season
All 2026 Tulare County Fires · 11 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Tulare 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 Tulare County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Tulare County is listed too, at its Tulare County acres, and is not added to the Tulare County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Tulare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaugh Fire | Aug 19, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 2,664 | 35.8427, -119.4992 | — |
| Hatchet Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 606 | 36.1162, -118.8399 | — |
| Scofield Fire | May 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 206 of 476 | 35.7393, -119.3978 | — |
| Rocky Hill | May 17, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 160 | 36.0500, -118.9680 | — |
| Apex Fire | Jul 5, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 24 | 36.0510, -118.8590 | — |
| Tiger Fire | Jul 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 20 | 35.8740, -118.6490 | — |
| Orange Fire | May 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 20 | 36.6030, -119.2960 | — |
| Pony Fire | Jun 14, 2026 | 50% | Inactive | 18 | 36.3900, -118.9540 | — |
| Hill Fire | Apr 11, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 15 | 36.2870, -119.0840 | — |
| Stairs Fire | Oct 8, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 14 | 36.1530, -118.7470 | — |
| Bonita Fire | Apr 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 36.0860, -118.3350 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 11 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 3,757 |
Land cover · Tulare County 2026
Burned acres in Tulare 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 · Tulare County 2026
Burned forest acres in Tulare 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 · Tulare County 2026
Burned acres in Tulare 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.