Land cover · Iowa 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Iowa % of burned % of Iowa
Forest 73 6.4% 8.6%
Range (shrubland) 6 0.5% 0.1%
Grassland 990 86.8% 19.3%
Other 71 6.2% 72.0%
Measured acres in Iowa 1,140 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Iowa Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Eagle Lake Fire 616 616 2 0 580 34 0
Hawkins 2 Fire 192 194 60 0 123 11 0
Gorsch 26 Fire 137 135 7 6 107 14 0
Tomahawk Fire 200 122 0 0 115 7 0
Koszta Road Fire 37 37 0 0 33 4 0
Turkey Landing Fire 11 11 3 0 6 2 0
North Formanek Fire 10 11 0 0 10 0 0
Morse Point Fire 5 10 0 0 10 0 0
Montgomery Fire 4 4 0 0 4 0 0
141 Edgewood Fire 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 10 1,212
Offered to measurement 10 1,212
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 10 1,212
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Iowa 0 0
Measured acres in Iowa 10 1,140
Measured acres outside Iowa — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 1,140
Reported minus measured — 72
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for IA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.