Burn severity · Massachusetts 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Massachusetts
Unburned to very low 484 4 158 11 0 657
Low 2 0 2 0 0 4
Moderate low 0 0 0 0 0 1
Moderate high 0 0 0 0 0 0
High 0 0 3 0 0 3
Assessed acres in Massachusetts 487 4 164 11 0 666
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Massachusetts Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Patriot Fire 192 191 191 0 0 0 0
Saw Fire 95 97 97 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire 53 53 53 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire 51 51 51 0 0 0 0
Fd03-Rx-01 Fire 51 49 49 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Southwick Wma W1-3 Fire 30 31 31 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire 92 26 25 1 0 0 0
Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire 24 23 23 0 0 0 0
Mount Moriah 2 Fire 23 23 23 0 0 0 0
Mashpee River Rx Fire 25 16 16 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Herman Covey Wma-Hc2 A Fire 15 15 15 0 0 0 0
Hauk Swamp Fire 13 13 13 0 0 0 0
Westport Scrap Fire 12 12 12 0 0 0 0
Hearthstone Brook Fire 10 11 11 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Birch Hill Dam Usace-Ballfield Fire 10 10 5 1 1 0 3
Rattlesnake 26 Fire 9 9 9 0 0 0 0
Old Post Rd Fire 7 7 7 0 0 0 0
Creamery Hill Fire 8 7 5 2 0 0 0
Bog Hill Fire 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Fd03062 Fire 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
Fd03033 Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fd090031 Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe W2 Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fd07070039 Fire 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
Wampatuck Hill 26 Fire 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fd05014 Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fd090036 Fire 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fd070050 Fire 1 1 1 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
Tuxbury Pond Fire burned in from New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(7)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Rx Dfg-Penikese Island Sanctuary Fire 68 66 Every cell outside Massachusetts
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Lupine-Woodland Fire 28 — Awaiting clear imagery
Fd090006 Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
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 39 835
Offered to assessment 39 835
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 32 739
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 2 28
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 4 0
Every cell outside Massachusetts 1 68
Assessed acres in Massachusetts 32 666
Assessed acres outside Massachusetts — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 666
Burned in from another state or province 1 0

Generated 2026-10-06 22:05 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-10-06 22:05 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for MA. 30 m cells.