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Acres by cover type Acres in Massachusetts % of burned % of Massachusetts
Forest 499 71.1% 64.3%
Range (shrubland) 4 0.6% 1.0%
Grassland 184 26.3% 7.3%
Other 14 2.0% 27.3%
Burned in from another state or province 0 — —
Measured acres in Massachusetts 702 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Massachusetts Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Patriot Fire 192 191 143 0 48 0 0
Saw Fire 95 97 81 0 12 4 0
Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire 53 53 8 0 41 5 0
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Stanley Brewer Fire 51 51 46 0 5 0 0
Fd03-Rx-01 Fire 51 49 42 2 4 0 0
Rx Dfg-Frances Crane Wma-21-23-24-32-33 Fire 92 33 11 1 21 0 0
Rx Dfg-Southwick Wma W1-3 Fire 30 31 20 0 10 0 0
Rx Dfg-Montague Plains Wma-Lupine-Woodland Fire 28 28 8 0 16 3 0
Watson Park Rx-Training Braintree Fd Fire 24 23 10 0 13 0 0
Mount Moriah 2 Fire 23 23 22 0 0 0 0
Mashpee River Rx Fire 25 17 17 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Herman Covey Wma-Hc2 A Fire 15 15 10 0 5 0 0
Hauk Swamp Fire 13 13 13 0 0 0 0
Westport Scrap Fire 12 12 12 0 1 0 0
Hearthstone Brook Fire 10 11 11 0 0 0 0
Rx Dfg-Birch Hill Dam Usace-Ballfield Fire 10 10 2 0 7 1 0
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 6 0 1 0 0
Bog Hill Fire 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
Fd03062 Fire 1 3 2 0 0 1 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
Fd090006 Fire 0 1 0 0 1 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 measurement
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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 39 835
Offered to measurement 39 835
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 34 767
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 34 702
Measured acres outside Massachusetts — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 702
Reported minus measured — 65
Burned in from another state or province 1 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for MA. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-24. 30 m cells.