2026 Michigan Wildfires
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All 2026 Michigan Fires · 43 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Michigan. 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 Michigan, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Michigan is listed too, at its Michigan acres, and is not added to the Michigan fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapes Fire | Oscoda | May 4, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 124 | 44.6653, -84.2235 | 44.6596, -84.1207 |
| Clare-Rx C73-1032 Muskegon Road Fuel Break Fire | Clare | May 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 118 | 44.1381, -84.9291 | — |
| Huron-01 Thunder Goose Fire | Huron | Jun 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 79 | 43.8346, -83.4276 | — |
| Vadar Fire | Newaygo | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 22 | 43.6922, -85.7578 | 43.6896, -85.7606 |
| Grand Traverse-01 Stubble Fire | Grand Traverse | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 22 | 44.5907, -85.7677 | — |
| Huron-02 Finn Feather Fire | Huron | Aug 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 14 | 43.8310, -83.3911 | — |
| Crawford-06 Range 5 Fire | Crawford | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 8 | 44.6345, -84.8342 | — |
| Bradshaw Fire | Mason | Aug 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 6 | 43.9096, -86.1919 | 43.9093, -86.1920 |
| Allegan 01-2026 Fire | Allegan | Mar 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 6 | 42.5096, -85.8078 | — |
| 5525 Fire | Newaygo | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 43.7260, -85.9177 | 43.7470, -85.8617 |
| Midland-05 North Nine Mile Fire | Midland | Aug 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 43.6187, -84.4372 | — |
| Noble Fire | Lake | Jul 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 43.8691, -85.7979 | 43.8685, -85.7988 |
| Crawford-05 Merrie Lane Fire | Crawford | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 44.6799, -84.5306 | — |
| Peterson Creek Fire | Wexford | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 44.2235, -85.8150 | 44.2229, -85.8160 |
| Peacock Fire | Manistee | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 44.1818, -85.9122 | 44.1798, -85.9121 |
| Arenac 01 Driftwood Drive Fire | Arenac | Apr 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 43.9362, -83.8897 | — |
| Deerfoot Fire | Chippewa | Jun 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 46.3053, -85.0099 | 46.3100, -84.8742 |
| Clarks Marsh Fire | Iosco | May 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 44.4415, -83.3899 | 44.4393, -83.3882 |
| Shakey Creek Fire | Menominee | May 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 45.4201, -87.7908 | — |
| Clare-08 Midnight Fire | Clare | May 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 44.1323, -84.6923 | — |
| Old Carney Lake Road Fire | Dickinson | May 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 45.8809, -88.0373 | — |
| Beautiful Fire | Newaygo | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 43.5480, -85.6866 | 43.5473, -85.6867 |
| Roscommon-03 Rest Area Fire | Roscommon | Apr 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 44.2316, -84.7985 | — |
| Oscoda-02 Parmalee Powerline Fire | Oscoda | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 44.6773, -84.2897 | — |
| 26th Rd Fire | Delta | Apr 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 45.9120, -87.1374 | — |
| Garden Fire | Lake | Apr 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 43.9387, -85.8608 | 43.9387, -85.8609 |
| Poplar Fire | Newaygo | Mar 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 43.5193, -85.7260 | 43.5187, -85.7239 |
| Kleinke Fire | Menominee | Sep 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.3161, -87.4426 | — |
| 56th Street Fire | Newaygo | Aug 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4535, -85.6835 | 43.4536, -85.6836 |
| Mullet Fire | Newaygo | Jul 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.7015, -85.9985 | 43.6698, -85.9996 |
| Red Rocks Fire | Keweenaw | Jul 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.1715, -88.4538 | 44.6536, -84.0352 |
| Clare-13 Maple Grove Fire | Clare | Jun 7, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.8453, -84.8935 | — |
| Kalkaska-02 Little Dutch Boy Fire | Kalkaska | May 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.7311, -85.2334 | — |
| Clare-10 Huckleberry Trail Fire | Clare | May 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.0145, -85.0616 | — |
| Newaygo-02 Veteran Fire | Newaygo | May 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5688, -85.8599 | — |
| Kalkaska-01 Fire | Kalkaska | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.5882, -85.1463 | — |
| Cypress Fire | Newaygo | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4434, -85.6105 | 43.4431, -85.6225 |
| Monroe Fire | Newaygo | May 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5897, -85.9558 | 43.5884, -85.9568 |
| Oscoda-03 Abby Rd Fire | Oscoda | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.7680, -84.0509 | — |
| Crawford-03 Sylvester Trl Fire | Crawford | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.6687, -84.4457 | — |
| Oscoda 01-Lyle Rd Fire | Oscoda | Apr 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.8105, -84.2613 | — |
| Orion Fire | Newaygo | Mar 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5795, -85.5645 | 43.5774, -85.5639 |
| Midland01 Swede Rd Fire | Midland | Mar 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.7761, -84.2072 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 43 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 427 |
Land cover · Michigan 2026
Burned acres in Michigan 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 · Michigan 2026
Burned forest acres in Michigan 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 · Michigan 2026
Burned acres in Michigan 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.