2026 Massachusetts Wildfires
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All 2026 Massachusetts Fires · 39 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.
| 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 | — |
| Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire | Norfolk | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 24 | 42.2735, -71.1914 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Rx Dfg-Birch Hill Dam Usace-Ballfield Fire | Worcester | Sep 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 42.6325, -72.1251 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 39 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 835 | |||
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.
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.
Burn severity · Massachusetts 2026
Burned acres in Massachusetts 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.