2026 Columbia County, Florida Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

8 2026 Season Fires ▲ +7 (+700%) vs same period last year

1,293 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,248 (+2773%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Columbia County

Aug 19 Started 6 acres 5 football fields 241 Rd Fire

Aug 6 Started 12 acres 9 football fields Robinson Fire

Jul 30 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Roosevelt Fire

Jun 14 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Cpt 97 A Fire

Jun 11 Started 3 acres 2 football fields Mc Closkey Fire

May 25 Started 34 acres 26 football fields Russian Bend Fire

Largest wildfires in Columbia County this season

2,523 Acres 3.0x the size of Central Park Sargent Fire White Springs

124 Acres 95 football fields Gun Range Fire Watertown

34 Acres 26 football fields Russian Bend Fire Watertown

15 Acres 12 football fields Cpt 97 A Fire Watertown

12 Acres 9 football fields Robinson Fire Five Points

6 Acres 5 football fields 241 Rd Fire Watertown

All 2026 Columbia County Fires · 8 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Columbia County is listed too, at its Columbia County acres, and is not added to the Columbia County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Columbia 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
Sargent Fire	Apr 2, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,104 of 2,523	30.5792, -82.4637	30.5677, -82.4284
Gun Range Fire	Apr 19, 2026	85%	Inactive	124	30.2014, -82.5911	30.2055, -82.5959
Russian Bend Fire	May 25, 2026	—	Inactive	28 of 34	30.3048, -82.4589	30.2800, -82.4700
Cpt 97 A Fire	Jun 14, 2026	—	Inactive	15	30.2028, -82.5294	30.2042, -82.5256
Robinson Fire	Aug 6, 2026	—	Inactive	12	30.2980, -82.5793	30.2985, -82.5811
241 Rd Fire	Aug 19, 2026	—	Inactive	6 of 6	30.2155, -82.4592	30.2180, -82.4597
Mc Closkey Fire	Jun 11, 2026	—	Inactive	3	30.2312, -82.5720	30.2312, -82.5737
Roosevelt Fire	Jul 30, 2026	—	Inactive	1	30.5661, -82.5706	30.5592, -82.5731
Totals	2026 Season Fires 8	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 1,293

Land cover · Columbia County 2026

Burned acres in Columbia 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 Columbia County	% of burned	% of Columbia County
Forest	834	65.4%	66.4%
Range (shrubland)	10	0.8%	0.8%
Grassland	328	25.8%	24.4%
Other	102	8.0%	8.4%
Measured acres in Columbia County	1,275	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Columbia County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Sargent Fire	2,523	1,082 (of 2,470)	654	10	327	91
Gun Range Fire	124	125	115	0	1	10
Russian Bend Fire	34	28 (of 34)	28	0	0	0
Cpt 97 A Fire	15	16	16	0	0	0
Robinson Fire	12	13	13	0	0	0
241 Rd Fire	6	7	5	0	0	1
Mc Closkey Fire	3	3	3	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Roosevelt Fire	1	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	8	2,718
Offered to measurement	8	2,718
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	7	2,717
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	1
Every cell outside Columbia County	0	0
Measured acres in Columbia County	7	1,275
Measured acres outside Columbia County	—	1,394
Whole perimeter acres	—	2,668
Reported minus measured	—	49
Burned in from another county	0	0

Forest ownership · Columbia County 2026

Burned forest acres in Columbia 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 Columbia County	% of burned forest	% of Columbia County's forestland
Public	179	21.5%	34.6%
Federal	179	21.5%	31.1%
State	0	0.0%	3.5%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	629	75.4%	65.4%
Family	517	62.0%	31.3%
Corporate	112	13.4%	22.1%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	12.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	26	3.1%	—
Burned forest in Columbia County	834	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Columbia County	Federal	Private	Not modeled
Sargent Fire	654	3	629	22
Gun Range Fire	115	113	0	2
Russian Bend Fire	28	28	0	0
Cpt 97 A Fire	16	16	0	0
Robinson Fire	13	12	0	1
241 Rd Fire	5	5	0	0
Mc Closkey Fire	3	3	0	0