Land cover · Illinois 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Illinois % of burned % of Illinois
Forest 106 42.4% 16.4%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Grassland 32 12.9% 11.9%
Other 112 44.8% 71.7%
Measured acres in Illinois 251 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Illinois Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Howerdton Fire 20 80 1 0 0 79 0
Coal Fire 65 64 44 0 4 16 0
Bay City Fire 27 28 12 0 10 6 0
Chrisenberry Fire 0 19 8 0 9 2 0
Devil'S Island Fire 15 15 2 0 6 7 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 3 0 1 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 0 0 1 1 0
Wilkins Road Fire 1 1 0 0 1 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 measurement
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Skelcher Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 18 149
Offered to measurement 18 149
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 17 149
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Illinois 0 0
Measured acres in Illinois 17 251
Measured acres outside Illinois — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 251
Reported minus measured — -102
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for IL. Land cover tabulated through 2026-10-01. 30 m cells.