2026 Wakulla County, Florida Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

8 2026 Season Fires ▲ +8 vs same period last year

8,448 2026 Season Acres ▲ +8,448 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Wakulla County

Aug 16 Started 55 acres 42 football fields Lima Fire

Aug 14 Started 16 acres 12 football fields 365 Fire

Jul 6 Started 4 acres 3 football fields Cypress Pond Fire

Jun 14 Started 4 acres 3 football fields 304 Fire

Jun 5 Started 148 acres 114 football fields New Light Fire

May 23 Started 3,400 acres 4.0x the size of Central Park 65% the size of JFK Airport 340 Fire

Largest wildfires in Wakulla County this season

4,816 Acres 4.0x the size of Lincoln Park About the size of JFK Airport Silver Lake Fire Panacea

3,400 Acres 4.0x the size of Central Park 65% the size of JFK Airport 340 Fire Panacea

148 Acres 114 football fields New Light Fire Crawfordville

55 Acres 42 football fields Lima Fire Hosford

16 Acres 12 football fields 365 Fire Crawfordville

5 Acres 4 football fields Pine Creek Fire Hosford

All 2026 Wakulla County Fires · 8 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Wakulla 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 Wakulla County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Wakulla County is listed too, at its Wakulla County acres, and is not added to the Wakulla County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Wakulla 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
Silver Lake Fire	Jan 17, 2026	100%	Inactive	4,816	30.1065, -84.6151	30.1011, -84.5841
340 Fire	May 23, 2026	100%	Inactive	3,400	30.0525, -84.5634	30.0589, -84.5640
New Light Fire	Jun 5, 2026	80%	Inactive	148 of 148	30.2973, -84.4056	30.2963, -84.4013
Lima Fire	Aug 16, 2026	—	Inactive	55	30.2941, -84.6591	30.2958, -84.6596
365 Fire	Aug 14, 2026	—	Inactive	16	30.1858, -84.4419	30.1834, -84.4299
Pine Creek Fire	Apr 17, 2026	—	Inactive	5	30.2376, -84.6815	30.2366, -84.6818
Cypress Pond Fire	Jul 6, 2026	—	Inactive	4	30.2364, -84.4507	30.2357, -84.4513
304 Fire	Jun 14, 2026	—	Inactive	4	30.2534, -84.4901	30.2542, -84.4893
Totals	2026 Season Fires 8	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 8,448

Land cover · Wakulla County 2026

Burned acres in Wakulla 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 Wakulla County	% of burned	% of Wakulla County
Forest	8,115	97.2%	78.4%
Range (shrubland)	6	0.1%	0.6%
Grassland	30	0.4%	11.9%
Other	193	2.3%	9.1%
Measured acres in Wakulla County	8,345	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Wakulla County	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Silver Lake Fire	4,816	4,815	4,712	5	12	86
340 Fire	3,400	3,253	3,141	0	9	103
New Light Fire	148	176 (of 176)	160	2	9	5
Lima Fire	55	62	62	0	0	0
365 Fire	16	27	27	0	0	0
Pine Creek Fire	5	4	4	0	0	0
304 Fire	4	4	4	0	0	0
Cypress Pond Fire	4	4	4	0	0	0

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	8	8,448
Offered to measurement	8	8,448
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	8	8,448
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	0	0
Every cell outside Wakulla County	0	0
Measured acres in Wakulla County	8	8,345
Measured acres outside Wakulla County	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	8,345
Reported minus measured	—	103
Burned in from another county	0	0

Forest ownership · Wakulla County 2026

Burned forest acres in Wakulla 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 Wakulla County	% of burned forest	% of Wakulla County's forestland
Public	8,087	99.7%	65.1%
Federal	8,087	99.7%	61.9%
State	0	0.0%	3.3%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	8	0.1%	34.9%
Family	4	0.0%	16.7%
Corporate	4	0.1%	18.2%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.0%
Ownership not modeled	20	0.2%	—
Burned forest in Wakulla County	8,115	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Wakulla County	Federal	Private	Not modeled
Silver Lake Fire	4,712	4,707	3	2
340 Fire	3,141	3,130	4	6
New Light Fire	160	148	1	12
Lima Fire	62	62	0	0
365 Fire	27	27	0	0
Pine Creek Fire	4	4	0	0
304 Fire	4	4	0	0
Cypress Pond Fire	4	4	0	0