2026 Massachusetts Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

38 2026 Season Fires ▲ +24 (+171%) vs same period last year

801 2026 Season Acres ▲ +777 (+3238%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Massachusetts

Aug 30 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Fd03062 Fire

Jul 16 Started 4 acres 3 football fields Bog Hill Fire

Jul 4 Started 3 acres 2 football fields Wampatuck Hill 26 Fire

Jul 3 Started 8 acres 6 football fields Creamery Hill Fire

Jul 1 Started 7 acres 5 football fields Old Post Rd Fire

Jun 29 Started 9 acres 7 football fields Rattlesnake 26 Fire

Largest wildfires in Massachusetts this season

192 Acres 148 football fields Patriot Fire Lancaster

95 Acres 73 football fields Saw Fire Shirley

92 Acres 71 football fields Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire North Falmouth

68 Acres 52 football fields Rx Dfg-Penikese Island Sanctuary Fire Bliss Corner

53 Acres 41 football fields Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire East Brookfield

51 Acres 39 football fields Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire Montague

All 2026 Massachusetts Fires · 38 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Massachusetts is listed too, at its Massachusetts acres, and is not added to the Massachusetts fire counts.

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Patriot Fire	Worcester	Apr 14, 2026	100%	Inactive	192	42.4921, -71.6484	—
Saw Fire	Worcester	Apr 21, 2026	—	Inactive	95	42.5015, -71.6432	—
Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire	Barnstable	Mar 20, 2026	—	Inactive	92	41.6170, -70.5459	—
Rx Dfg-Penikese Island Sanctuary Fire	Dukes	Apr 8, 2026	—	Inactive	68	41.4510, -70.9219	—
Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire	Worcester	Jun 9, 2026	—	Inactive	53	42.2186, -72.0586	—
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire	Franklin	May 27, 2026	—	Inactive	51	42.5586, -72.5357	—
Fd03-Rx-01 Fire	Bristol	May 2, 2026	—	Inactive	51	41.7508, -71.0430	—
Rx Dfg-Southwick Wma W1-3 Fire	Hampden	May 8, 2026	—	Inactive	30	42.0426, -72.7464	—
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Lupine-Woodland Fire	Franklin	Mar 20, 2026	—	Inactive	28	42.5681, -72.5288	—
Mashpee River Rx Fire	Barnstable	Mar 29, 2026	—	Inactive	25	41.6242, -70.4839	—
Mount Moriah 2 Fire	Essex	Apr 23, 2026	—	Inactive	23	42.4837, -70.9998	—
Rx Dfg-Herman Covey Wma-Hc2 A Fire	Hampshire	May 28, 2026	—	Inactive	15	42.2614, -72.3461	—
Hauk Swamp Fire	Middlesex	May 29, 2026	—	Inactive	13	42.6778, -71.5223	—
Westport Scrap Fire	Bristol	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	12	41.6662, -71.0871	—
Hearthstone Brook Fire	Hampshire	Apr 11, 2026	—	Inactive	10	42.3937, -72.4725	—
Rattlesnake 26 Fire	Norfolk	Jun 29, 2026	—	Inactive	9	42.2326, -71.0385	—
Creamery Hill Fire	Franklin	Jul 3, 2026	—	Inactive	8	42.6498, -72.2745	—
Old Post Rd Fire	Barnstable	Jul 1, 2026	—	Inactive	7	41.6544, -70.4320	—
Bog Hill Fire	Plymouth	Jul 16, 2026	—	Inactive	4	41.8468, -70.5787	—
Wampatuck Hill 26 Fire	Norfolk	Jul 4, 2026	—	Inactive	3	42.2298, -71.0414	—
Fd07070039 Fire	Worcester	May 4, 2026	—	Inactive	3	42.1751, -72.2079	—
Fd090036 Fire	Franklin	Apr 28, 2026	—	Inactive	2	42.6786, -72.8535	—
Fd03033 Fire	Bristol	Apr 26, 2026	—	Inactive	2	41.7342, -70.9802	—
Rx Dfg-Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe W2 Fire	Barnstable	Apr 24, 2026	—	Inactive	2	41.5945, -70.4843	—
Fd03062 Fire	Bristol	Aug 30, 2026	—	Inactive	1	41.9459, -71.2704	—
Fd070050 Fire	Worcester	May 18, 2026	—	Inactive	1	42.1437, -71.5578	—
Fd090031 Fire	Franklin	Apr 26, 2026	—	Inactive	1	42.4216, -72.6748	—
Bow Ridge 2 Fire	Essex	Jun 14, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.4987, -70.9897	—
Fd05027 Fire	Essex	May 8, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.6832, -71.1764	—
Shotgun Fire	Middlesex	Apr 26, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.6997, -71.8607	—
Fd05016 Fire	Essex	Apr 26, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.8429, -70.9045	—
Fd05005 Fire	Essex	Apr 23, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.7985, -70.8740	—
Fd05014 Fire	Essex	Apr 23, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.7861, -71.1673	—
Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire	Norfolk	Apr 21, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.2735, -71.1914	—
Flowers Fire	Middlesex	Apr 10, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.6471, -71.5283	—
Fd090006 Fire	Franklin	Apr 4, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.5488, -72.5350	—
Drawbridge Fire	Middlesex	Mar 29, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.5782, -71.4243	—
Fd10004 Fire	Hampshire	Mar 29, 2026	—	Inactive	0	42.2353, -72.7383	—
Also burned into Massachusetts
Tuxbury Pond Fire from New Hampshire	Rockingham	Jun 13, 2026	—	Inactive	0 of 0	42.8651, -70.9911	—
Totals		2026 Season Fires 38	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 801

Land cover · Massachusetts 2026

Burned acres in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts	% of burned	% of Massachusetts
Forest	497	71.9%	64.3%
Range (shrubland)	4	0.6%	1.0%
Grassland	177	25.6%	7.3%
Other	13	1.9%	27.3%
Burned in from another state or province	0	—	—
Measured acres in Massachusetts	692	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Massachusetts	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Patriot Fire	192	191	143	0	48	0
Saw Fire	95	97	81	0	12	4
Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire	53	53	8	0	41	5
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire	51	51	46	0	5	0
Fd03-Rx-01 Fire	51	49	42	2	4	0
Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire	92	33	11	1	21	0
Rx Dfg-Southwick Wma W1-3 Fire	30	31	20	0	10	0
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Lupine-Woodland Fire	28	28	8	0	16	3
Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire	0	23	10	0	13	0
Mount Moriah 2 Fire	23	23	22	0	0	0
Mashpee River Rx Fire	25	17	17	0	0	0
Rx Dfg-Herman Covey Wma-Hc2 A Fire	15	15	10	0	5	0
Hauk Swamp Fire	13	13	13	0	0	0
Westport Scrap Fire	12	12	12	0	1	0
Hearthstone Brook Fire	10	11	11	0	0	0
Rattlesnake 26 Fire	9	9	9	0	0	0
Old Post Rd Fire	7	7	7	0	0	0
Creamery Hill Fire	8	7	6	0	1	0
Bog Hill Fire	4	4	3	0	0	0
Fd03062 Fire	1	3	2	0	0	1
Fd03033 Fire	2	2	2	0	0	0
Fd090031 Fire	1	2	2	0	0	0
Rx Dfg-Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe W2 Fire	2	2	2	0	0	0
Fd07070039 Fire	3	2	2	0	0	0
Wampatuck Hill 26 Fire	3	2	2	0	0	0
Fd090006 Fire	0	1	0	0	1	0
Fd05014 Fire	0	1	1	0	0	0
Fd090036 Fire	2	1	1	0	0	0
Fd070050 Fire	1	1	1	0	0	0
Drawbridge Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fd10004 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fd05027 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bow Ridge 2 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuxbury Pond Fire burned in from New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Rx Dfg-Penikese Island Sanctuary Fire	68	66	Every cell outside Massachusetts
Flowers Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell
Shotgun Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell
Fd05016 Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell
Fd05005 Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	38	801
Offered to measurement	38	801
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	33	733
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	4	0
Every cell outside Massachusetts	1	68
Measured acres in Massachusetts	33	692
Measured acres outside Massachusetts	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	692
Reported minus measured	—	41
Burned in from another state or province	1	0

Forest ownership · Massachusetts 2026

Burned forest acres in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts	% of burned forest	% of Massachusetts's forestland
Public	214	43.1%	35.5%
Federal	105	21.1%	2.6%
State	104	20.9%	19.7%
Local (county, city)	6	1.1%	13.2%
Tribal	1	0.3%	0.0%
Tribal	1	0.3%	0.0%
Private	95	19.0%	64.5%
Family	81	16.2%	45.8%
Corporate	0	0.0%	10.4%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other private	14	2.8%	8.3%
Ownership not modeled	187	37.7%	—
Burned forest in Massachusetts	497	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Massachusetts	Federal	State	Local	Tribal	Private	Not modeled
Patriot Fire	143	63	0	0	0	0	80
Saw Fire	81	42	0	0	0	0	39
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire	46	0	46	0	0	0	0
Fd03-Rx-01 Fire	42	0	26	3	0	0	13
Mount Moriah 2 Fire	22	0	3	0	0	2	17
Rx Dfg-Southwick Wma W1-3 Fire	20	0	0	0	0	19	2
Mashpee River Rx Fire	17	0	0	0	0	17	0
Hauk Swamp Fire	13	0	0	0	0	13	0
Westport Scrap Fire	12	0	0	0	0	9	2
Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire	11	0	4	0	0	0	7
Hearthstone Brook Fire	11	0	0	0	0	11	0
Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire	10	0	1	0	0	0	9
Rx Dfg-Herman Covey Wma-Hc2 A Fire	10	0	10	0	0	0	0
Rattlesnake 26 Fire	9	0	5	0	0	0	3
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Lupine-Woodland Fire	8	0	5	0	0	0	4
Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire	8	0	1	0	0	0	7
Old Post Rd Fire	7	0	0	0	0	5	2
Creamery Hill Fire	6	0	0	0	0	6	0
Bog Hill Fire	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
Fd03033 Fire	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
Fd090031 Fire	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rx Dfg-Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe W2 Fire	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fd07070039 Fire	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wampatuck Hill 26 Fire	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fd03062 Fire	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Fd05014 Fire	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fd090036 Fire	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Fd070050 Fire	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drawbridge Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fd10004 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fd05027 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bow Ridge 2 Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0