2026 Monroe County, Florida Wildfires

United States › Florida › Monroe County

0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
5 2026 Season Fires ▲ +5 vs same period last year
1,410 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,410 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Monroe County

Aug 5 Started 35 acres 27 football fields Big Pine Key Fire
Jul 7 Started 890 acres About the size of Central Park Avocado Fire
Jun 21 Started 77 acres 59 football fields Neon Fire
Jun 14 Started 147 acres 113 football fields Full Force Fire
Jun 13 Started 48 acres 37 football fields Fish Fire

Largest wildfires in Monroe County this season

890 Acres About the size of Central Park Avocado Fire Florida City
147 Acres 113 football fields Full Force Fire Homestead
77 Acres 59 football fields Neon Fire Homestead
48 Acres 37 football fields Fish Fire Homestead
35 Acres 27 football fields Big Pine Key Fire Big Pine Key

All 2026 Monroe County Fires · 5 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Monroe County is listed too, at its Monroe County acres, and is not added to the Monroe County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Monroe 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
Avocado Fire Jul 7, 2026 90% Inactive 890 25.4193, -80.9334 25.5317, -80.9102
Full Force Fire Jun 14, 2026 — Inactive 147 25.6069, -80.9036 25.6035, -80.9075
Neon Fire Jun 21, 2026 — Inactive 77 25.5766, -80.8871 25.3915, -80.3678
Fish Fire Jun 13, 2026 — Inactive 48 25.5983, -80.9250 25.5959, -80.9238
Big Pine Key Fire Aug 5, 2026 — Inactive 35 24.6887, -81.3728 24.6909, -81.3703
Also burned into Monroe County
Chipmunk Fire from Miami-Dade County Aug 20, 2026 100% Inactive 213 of 17,000 25.5540, -80.8133 23.5466, -80.8358
Totals 2026 Season Fires 5 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 1,410

Land cover · Monroe County 2026

Burned acres in Monroe 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 Monroe County % of burned % of Monroe County
Forest 51 4.2% 35.1%
Range (shrubland) 5 0.4% 0.1%
Grassland 1,150 94.1% 28.2%
Other 16 1.3% 36.6%
Burned in from another county 226 — —
Measured acres in Monroe County 1,222 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Monroe County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Avocado Fire 890 998 39 0 943 16 0
Full Force Fire 147 100 8 0 92 0 0
Neon Fire 77 60 0 0 60 0 0
Fish Fire 48 48 0 0 48 0 0
Big Pine Key Fire 35 15 4 5 6 0 0
Chipmunk Fire burned in from Miami-Dade County 17,000 226 (of 17,958) 5 0 221 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 5 1,197
Offered to measurement 5 1,197
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 5 1,197
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Monroe County 0 0
Measured acres in Monroe County 5 1,222
Measured acres outside Monroe County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 1,222
Reported minus measured — -25
Burned in from another county 1 226

Forest ownership · Monroe County 2026

Burned forest acres in Monroe 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 Monroe County % of burned forest % of Monroe County's forestland
Public 40 78.7% 98.5%
Federal 40 78.7% 95.6%
State 0 0.0% 2.9%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 0 0.0% 1.5%
Family 0 0.0% 0.0%
Corporate 0 0.0% 1.5%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 11 21.3% —
Burned in from another county 5 — —
Burned forest in Monroe County 51 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Monroe County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Avocado Fire 39 37 0 0 0 0 2
Full Force Fire 8 3 0 0 0 0 5
Big Pine Key Fire 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Neon Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chipmunk Fire burned in from Miami-Dade County 5 0 0 0 0 0 5

1 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 230 51
Land cover Forest cells 230 51
Equal 230

Search Fires

🔥 Big Pine Key Fire 2026
Started: Aug 5 35 acre
Near Big Pine Key · Monroe County, Florida
🔥 Avocado Fire 2026
Started: Jul 7 890 acre 90% contained
Near Florida City · Monroe County, Florida
🔥 Neon Fire 2026
Started: Jun 21 77 acre
Near Homestead · Monroe County, Florida
🔥 Full Force Fire 2026
Started: Jun 14 147 acre
Near Homestead · Monroe County, Florida
🔥 Fish Fire 2026
Started: Jun 13 48 acre
Near Homestead · Monroe County, Florida