2026 Worcester County, Massachusetts Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Worcester County
Largest wildfires in Worcester County this season
All 2026 Worcester County Fires · 6 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Worcester County. 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 a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Worcester County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Worcester County is listed too, at its Worcester County acres, and is not added to the Worcester County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Worcester County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Fire | Apr 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 192 | 42.4921, -71.6484 | — |
| Saw Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 95 | 42.5015, -71.6432 | — |
| Rx Dfg-Quaboag Wma-Qe1-3 Fire | Jun 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 53 | 42.2186, -72.0586 | — |
| Rx Dfg-Birch Hill Dam Usace-Ballfield Fire | Sep 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 42.6325, -72.1251 | — |
| Fd07070039 Fire | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 42.1751, -72.2079 | — |
| Fd070050 Fire | May 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 42.1437, -71.5578 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 6 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 354 |
Land cover · Worcester County 2026
Burned acres in Worcester County 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 · Worcester County 2026
Burned forest acres in Worcester County 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 · Worcester County 2026
Burned acres in Worcester County 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.