Forest ownership · Massachusetts 2025
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| Burned forest by owner | Forest acres in Massachusetts | % of burned forest | % of Massachusetts's forestland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | 15 | 50.7% | 35.5% |
| Federal | 0 | 0.0% | 2.6% |
| State | 13 | 44.8% | 19.7% |
| Local (county, city) | 2 | 6.0% | 13.2% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Private | 10 | 32.1% | 64.5% |
| Family | 0 | 0.0% | 45.8% |
| Corporate | 6 | 18.7% | 10.4% |
| TIMO/REIT | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other private | 4 | 13.4% | 8.3% |
| Ownership not modeled | 5 | 17.2% | — |
| Burned forest in Massachusetts | 30 | — | — |
Fires by owner
| Fire | Forest acres in Massachusetts | Federal | State | Local | Tribal | Private | Not modeled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders Brook Fire | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tri Town Fire | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Bear Mt Powerline Fire | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fd05089 Fire | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Pine Plain Fire | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emerson Brook Fire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fd05113 Fire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cped-Wf-Fmz01-20250722-01 Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 measured fires burned zero forest cells.
Reconciliation
| Owner cells | 134 | 30 |
|---|---|---|
| Land cover Forest cells | 134 | 30 |
| Equal | 134 | |
USFS RDS-2020-0044 service 12 for MA. Ownership tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.