2026 Maryland Wildfires
All 2026 Maryland Fires · 1 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Maryland. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in Maryland, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Maryland is listed too, at its Maryland acres, and is not added to the Maryland fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Monument Fire | Washington | Jan 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 39.4714, -77.6180 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 1 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 0 |
Land cover · Maryland 2026
Burned acres in Maryland 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.
| Acres by cover type | Acres in Maryland | % of burned | % of Maryland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | 0 | 100.0% | 47.1% |
| Range (shrubland) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Grassland | 0 | 0.0% | 16.3% |
| Other | 0 | 0.0% | 36.5% |
| Measured acres in Maryland | 0 | — | — |
Measured fires
| Fire | Reported acres | Acres in Maryland | Forest | Range (shrubland) | Grassland | Other | Unclassified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Monument Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reconciliation
| Line | Fires | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Counted fires | 1 | 0 |
| Offered to measurement | 1 | 0 |
| Complex roll-up residue | — | 0 |
| Fires with cells | 1 | 0 |
| Awaiting a perimeter | 0 | 0 |
| Awaiting measurement | 0 | 0 |
| Measurement errors | 0 | 0 |
| Smaller than one cell | 0 | 0 |
| Every cell outside Maryland | 0 | 0 |
| Measured acres in Maryland | 1 | 0 |
| Measured acres outside Maryland | — | 0 |
| Whole perimeter acres | — | 0 |
| Reported minus measured | — | 0 |
| Burned in from another state or province | 0 | 0 |
Forest ownership · Maryland 2026
Burned forest acres in Maryland 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 Maryland | % of burned forest | % of Maryland's forestland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | 0 | 100.0% | 28.3% |
| Federal | 0 | 100.0% | 4.2% |
| State | 0 | 0.0% | 17.4% |
| Local (county, city) | 0 | 0.0% | 6.8% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Private | 0 | 0.0% | 71.7% |
| Family | 0 | 0.0% | 55.5% |
| Corporate | 0 | 0.0% | 11.7% |
| TIMO/REIT | 0 | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Other private | 0 | 0.0% | 3.7% |
| Ownership not modeled | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Burned forest in Maryland | 0 | — | — |
Fires by owner
| Fire | Forest acres in Maryland | Federal | State | Local | Tribal | Private | Not modeled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reno Monument Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.
Reconciliation
| Owner cells | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Land cover Forest cells | 1 | 0 |
| Equal | 1 | |
Burn severity · Maryland 2026
Burned acres in Maryland for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.
This tab fills in once a Maryland fire from the 2026 season has been assessed. Assessments arrive within a few days of a perimeter, once the satellite has flown over and the sky is clear.