Burn severity · Illinois 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Illinois
Unburned to very low 105 0 31 33 0 170
Low 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moderate low 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moderate high 0 0 0 0 0 0
High 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assessed acres in Illinois 105 0 31 33 0 170
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Illinois Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Coal Fire 65 64 64 0 0 0 0
Bay City Fire 27 28 28 0 0 0 0
Chrisenberry Fire 0 19 19 0 0 0 0
Devil'S Island Fire 15 15 15 0 0 0 0
Dry Branch Fire 3 14 14 0 0 0 0
Line 13 Fire 8 8 8 0 0 0 0
Millstone Fire 6 7 7 0 0 0 0
Ragsdale Fire 3 4 4 0 0 0 0
Black Pond Fire 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
South Market Fire 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Gilsen Hill Fire 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Raddle Creek Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Agin Grove Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minerva Mine Road Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oak Grove Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(3)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Howerdton Fire 20 — Awaiting clear imagery
Wilkins Road Fire 1 — Awaiting clear imagery
Skelcher Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 18 149
Offered to assessment 18 149
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 15 128
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 2 21
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Illinois 0 0
Assessed acres in Illinois 15 170
Assessed acres outside Illinois — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 170
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-09-17 13:40 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 13:40 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for IL. 30 m cells.