2026 Williamson County, Illinois Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 vs same period last year
73 2026 Season Acres ▲ +73 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Williamson County

Mar 23 Started Skelcher Fire
Mar 2 Started 8 acres 6 football fields Line 13 Fire
Feb 27 Started South Market Fire
Feb 25 Started 65 acres 50 football fields Coal Fire

Largest wildfires in Williamson County this season

65 Acres 50 football fields Coal Fire Crainville
8 Acres 6 football fields Line 13 Fire Makanda

All 2026 Williamson County Fires · 4 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Williamson County is listed too, at its Williamson County acres, and is not added to the Williamson County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Williamson 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
Coal Fire Feb 25, 2026 Inactive 65 37.7322, -89.0537 37.7328, -89.0561
Line 13 Fire Mar 2, 2026 Inactive 8 37.6264, -89.0878 37.6259, -89.0878
Skelcher Fire Mar 23, 2026 Inactive 0 37.6098, -89.1025 37.6098, -89.1023
South Market Fire Feb 27, 2026 Inactive 0 37.6610, -88.9290 37.6589, -88.9283
Totals 2026 Season Fires 4 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 73

Land cover · Williamson County 2026

Burned acres in Williamson 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 Williamson County % of burned % of Williamson County
Forest 54 73.5% 43.4%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Grassland 4 5.2% 26.1%
Other 16 21.3% 30.6%
Measured acres in Williamson County 73
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Williamson County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Coal Fire 65 64 44 0 4 16 0
Line 13 Fire 8 8 8 0 0 0 0
South Market Fire 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Skelcher Fire 0 Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 73
Offered to measurement 4 73
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 3 73
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Williamson County 0 0
Measured acres in Williamson County 3 73
Measured acres outside Williamson County 0
Whole perimeter acres 73
Reported minus measured 0
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Williamson County 2026

Burned forest acres in Williamson 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 Williamson County % of burned forest % of Williamson County's forestland
Public 8 14.1% 30.3%
Federal 8 14.1% 23.6%
State 0 0.0% 0.4%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 6.3%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 23 43.2% 69.7%
Family 23 43.2% 61.6%
Corporate 0 0.0% 8.1%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 23 42.7%
Burned forest in Williamson County 54
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Williamson County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Coal Fire 44 0 0 0 0 22 23
Line 13 Fire 8 8 0 0 0 0 0
South Market Fire 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 241 54
Land cover Forest cells 241 54
Equal 241

Search Fires

🔥 Skelcher Fire 2026
Started: Mar 23 0 acre
🔥 Line 13 Fire 2026
Started: Mar 2 8 acre
🔥 South Market Fire 2026
Started: Feb 27 0 acre
🔥 Coal Fire 2026
Started: Feb 25 65 acre