2026 Missouri Wildfires
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All 2026 Missouri Fires · 37 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Missouri. 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 Missouri, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Missouri is listed too, at its Missouri acres, and is not added to the Missouri fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Pile Rx Fire | Howell | Feb 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2,630 | 36.9056, -92.0243 | 36.9043, -92.0263 |
| Range 24 Rx Fire | Pulaski | Jan 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2,200 | 37.7055, -92.1313 | 37.6896, -92.1398 |
| Rocky Branch Rx Fire | Texas | Feb 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1,554 | 37.4938, -92.0338 | 37.4947, -92.0263 |
| Goose Creek Rx Fire | Butler | Mar 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1,438 | 36.8900, -90.5270 | 36.8906, -90.5264 |
| Carman Springs Rx S2 Fire | Taney | Feb 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1,322 | 36.5973, -92.8597 | 36.9245, -92.0565 |
| Western Star Rx Fire | Phelps | Feb 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1,096 | 37.8570, -91.9757 | 37.8600, -91.9716 |
| Hanks Rx Fire | Texas | Jan 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 846 | 37.5362, -92.0220 | 37.5375, -92.0389 |
| Chute Ridge Unit B Rx Fire | Barry | Feb 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 782 | 36.6038, -93.7852 | 36.5658, -93.7942 |
| Seed Tick Tornado West Rx Fire | Wayne | Mar 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 702 | 36.9173, -90.7052 | 36.9200, -90.7061 |
| Big Hollow Rx Fire | Shannon | Mar 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 659 | 37.0247, -91.2452 | 37.0247, -91.2453 |
| Slab Rx Fire | Texas | Feb 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 659 | 37.5528, -92.0085 | 37.5517, -92.0050 |
| Preusch-Smith Rx Fire | Pulaski | Feb 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 562 | 37.7024, -92.3579 | 37.7033, -92.3558 |
| Long Hollow Fire | Texas | Mar 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 400 | 37.5934, -92.1257 | 37.5912, -92.1126 |
| Waterhole Rx Fire | Ozark | Jan 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 375 | 36.7841, -92.7407 | 36.7822, -92.7382 |
| Private Fire | Howell | Mar 25, 2026 | 95% | Inactive | 197 | 36.8847, -92.0546 | 36.8838, -92.0502 |
| 406 Fire | Carroll | Apr 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 85 | 39.3796, -93.1944 | — |
| Watershed Fire | Ozark | Feb 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 75 | 36.7609, -92.7584 | 31.7626, -92.7582 |
| Sycamore Fire | Wayne | Mar 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 60 | 36.9772, -90.5779 | 36.9590, -90.5043 |
| Possum 2 Fire | Shannon | Oct 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 36.9504, -91.3385 | 36.9518, -91.3412 |
| Norris Fire | Texas | Mar 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 37.4386, -92.0603 | 37.4362, -92.0769 |
| Pinewoods Lake Admin Rx Fire | Carter | Apr 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 36.9203, -90.7723 | 36.9209, -90.7736 |
| Turner 2 Fire | Oregon | Sep 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 36.7454, -91.2945 | 36.7466, -91.2945 |
| Cave Fire | Carter | Mar 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 36.8574, -91.0165 | 36.8557, -91.0262 |
| De Witt Bend Fire | Saline | Mar 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 39.4049, -93.1851 | — |
| Copps Chapel Fire | Moniteau | Mar 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 38.8902, -92.5086 | — |
| Ryder Fire | Shannon | Oct 26, 2026 | — | Active | 3 | 37.0250, -91.3228 | 37.0232, -91.3223 |
| Runner-Up Fire | Butler | Mar 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 36.8554, -90.5332 | 36.8546, -90.5330 |
| Hog Hollow Fire | St. Louis | Apr 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 38.6977, -90.5260 | — |
| Homestead Fire | Texas | Mar 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 37.4223, -91.9905 | 37.4276, -91.9850 |
| Bell Fire | Texas | Sep 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 37.4929, -92.0775 | 37.4943, -92.0758 |
| Turner South Admin Rx Fire | Oregon | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 36.7645, -91.2669 | 36.7645, -91.2672 |
| Milltown Fire | Butler | Mar 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 36.7773, -90.6077 | 36.7770, -90.6045 |
| 3 Mile Fire | Phelps | Feb 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 37.8784, -91.9652 | 37.8754, -91.9642 |
| Pieay Fire | Texas | Oct 24, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 37.5873, -92.2170 | 37.5834, -92.2229 |
| Devil Fire | Oregon | Apr 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 36.8623, -91.3709 | 36.8543, -91.3819 |
| Markham Springs Fire | Wayne | Mar 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 36.9848, -90.5745 | 36.9848, -90.5742 |
| Grassy Fire | Butler | Feb 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 36.8448, -90.5816 | 36.7814, -90.4892 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 37 | Active Fires 2 | Acres Burning 3 | 2026 Season Acres 15,714 |
Land cover · Missouri 2026
Burned acres in Missouri 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 · Missouri 2026
Burned forest acres in Missouri 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 · Missouri 2026
Burned acres in Missouri 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.