Forest ownership · Michigan 2026

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Michigan % of burned forest % of Michigan's forestland
Public 160 59.6% 37.5%
Federal 73 27.2% 14.7%
State 87 32.4% 20.4%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 2.4%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.6%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.6%
Private 87 32.2% 61.8%
Family 82 30.4% 43.6%
Corporate 5 1.8% 7.5%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 7.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 3.7%
Ownership not modeled 22 8.2% —
Burned forest in Michigan 268 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Michigan Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Mapes Fire 113 54 0 0 0 53 6
Clare-Rx C73-1032 Muskegon Road Fuel Break Fire 86 0 80 0 0 0 6
Vadar Fire 20 8 0 0 0 10 2
Crawford-06 Range 5 Fire 8 0 5 0 0 0 2
Allegan 01-2026 Fire 6 0 0 0 0 4 2
5525 Fire 6 6 0 0 0 0 0
Peacock Fire 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Peterson Creek Fire 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
Crawford-05 Merrie Lane Fire 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
Crawford-03 Sylvester Trl Fire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Grand Traverse-01 Stubble Fire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Clare-08 Midnight Fire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Clarks Marsh Fire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Midland-05 North Nine Mile Fire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bradshaw Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Garden Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscoda 01-Lyle Rd Fire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Oscoda-02 Parmalee Powerline Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Beautiful Fire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shakey Creek Fire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Clare-10 Huckleberry Trail Fire 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Deerfoot Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Noble Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midland01 Swede Rd Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poplar Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orion Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arenac 01 Driftwood Drive Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26th Rd Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monroe Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Old Carney Lake Road Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kalkaska-02 Little Dutch Boy Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clare-13 Maple Grove Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 1,207 268
Land cover Forest cells 1,207 268
Equal 1,207

USFS RDS-2020-0044 service 12 for MI. Ownership tabulated through 2026-09-16. 30 m cells.