2026 Lake County, Florida Wildfires

United States › Florida › Lake County

0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
6 2026 Season Fires ▲ +5 (+500%) vs same period last year
2,980 2026 Season Acres ▲ +2,920 (+4867%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Lake County

Aug 23 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Bowers Bluff Fire
Aug 20 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Astor Park Fire
Jul 24 Started 119 acres 92 football fields Pine Lakes Fire
May 22 Started 2,822 acres 2.3x the size of Lincoln Park 54% the size of JFK Airport Shell Fire
Apr 11 Started 21 acres 16 football fields Grassy Pond 3 Fire
Feb 20 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Starke Fire

Largest wildfires in Lake County this season

2,822 Acres 2.3x the size of Lincoln Park 54% the size of JFK Airport Shell Fire Lake Kathryn
119 Acres 92 football fields Pine Lakes Fire Pine Lakes
21 Acres 16 football fields Grassy Pond 3 Fire Paisley
15 Acres 12 football fields Bowers Bluff Fire Astor
2 Acres 2 football fields Starke Fire Paisley
1 Acres 1 football fields Astor Park Fire Astor

All 2026 Lake County Fires · 6 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Lake 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 Lake County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Lake County is listed too, at its Lake County acres, and is not added to the Lake County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Lake 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
Shell Fire May 22, 2026 100% Inactive 2,822 29.0721, -81.5095 29.0738, -81.5072
Pine Lakes Fire Jul 24, 2026 — Inactive 119 28.9189, -81.4864 28.9217, -81.4867
Grassy Pond 3 Fire Apr 11, 2026 — Inactive 21 29.0550, -81.5615 29.0541, -81.5588
Bowers Bluff Fire Aug 23, 2026 — Inactive 15 29.1070, -81.5350 29.1001, -81.5341
Starke Fire Feb 20, 2026 — Inactive 2 29.0479, -81.5396 29.0480, -81.5390
Astor Park Fire Aug 20, 2026 — Inactive 1 29.1381, -81.5645 29.1709, -81.4723
Totals 2026 Season Fires 6 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 2,980

Land cover · Lake County 2026

Burned acres in Lake 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 Lake County % of burned % of Lake County
Forest 2,473 85.7% 47.6%
Range (shrubland) 129 4.5% 1.3%
Grassland 220 7.6% 27.4%
Other 62 2.2% 23.8%
Measured acres in Lake County 2,884 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Lake County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Shell Fire 2,822 2,796 2,407 129 198 61 0
Pine Lakes Fire 119 28 27 0 2 0 0
Astor Park Fire 1 25 22 0 2 1 0
Grassy Pond 3 Fire 21 20 2 0 19 0 0
Bowers Bluff Fire 15 14 14 0 0 0 0
Starke Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 2,980
Offered to measurement 6 2,980
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 6 2,980
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Lake County 0 0
Measured acres in Lake County 6 2,884
Measured acres outside Lake County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 2,884
Reported minus measured — 96
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Lake County 2026

Burned forest acres in Lake 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 Lake County % of burned forest % of Lake County's forestland
Public 1,770 71.6% 51.4%
Federal 1,769 71.6% 23.7%
State 0 0.0% 27.7%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 23 0.9% 48.6%
Family 23 0.9% 18.5%
Corporate 0 0.0% 30.1%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 680 27.5% —
Burned forest in Lake County 2,473 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Lake County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Shell Fire 2,407 1,719 0 0 0 23 665
Pine Lakes Fire 27 16 0 0 0 0 10
Astor Park Fire 22 19 0 0 0 0 3
Bowers Bluff Fire 14 14 0 0 0 0 0
Grassy Pond 3 Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Starke Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 11,118 2,473
Land cover Forest cells 11,118 2,473
Equal 11,118

Search Fires

🔥 Bowers Bluff Fire 2026
Started: Aug 23 15 acre
Near Astor · Lake County, Florida
🔥 Astor Park Fire 2026
Started: Aug 20 1 acre
Near Astor · Lake County, Florida
🔥 Pine Lakes Fire 2026
Started: Jul 24 119 acre
Near Pine Lakes · Lake County, Florida
🔥 Shell Fire 2026
Started: May 22 2,822 acre 100% contained
Near Lake Kathryn · Lake County, Florida
🔥 Grassy Pond 3 Fire 2026
Started: Apr 11 21 acre
Near Paisley · Lake County, Florida
🔥 Starke Fire 2026
Started: Feb 20 2 acre
Near Paisley · Lake County, Florida