2026 Missouri Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

33 2026 Season Fires ▲ +32 (+3200%) vs same period last year

14,196 2026 Season Acres ▲ +14,191 (+283820%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Missouri

Sep 3 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Bell Fire

Apr 10 Started Devil Fire

Apr 9 Started 85 acres 65 football fields 406 Fire

Apr 8 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Turner South Admin Rx Fire

Apr 3 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Hog Hollow Fire

Apr 1 Started 10 acres 8 football fields Pinewoods Lake Admin Rx Fire

Largest wildfires in Missouri this season

2,630 Acres 3.1x the size of Central Park 51% the size of JFK Airport Rock Pile Rx Fire Willow Springs

1,554 Acres 1.8x the size of Central Park Rocky Branch Rx Fire Licking

1,438 Acres Slightly larger than Lincoln Park Goose Creek Rx Fire Poplar Bluff

1,322 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Carman Springs Rx S2 Fire Diamond City

1,096 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Western Star Rx Fire Doolittle

846 Acres About the size of Central Park Hanks Rx Fire Licking

All 2026 Missouri Fires · 33 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.

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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
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
Range 24 Rx Fire	Pulaski	Jan 19, 2026	—	Inactive	705	37.7055, -92.1313	37.6896, -92.1398
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
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
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	—
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
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 33	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 14,196

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.

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Acres by cover type	Acres in Missouri	% of burned	% of Missouri
Forest	12,922	90.7%	38.3%
Range (shrubland)	6	0.0%	0.0%
Grassland	902	6.3%	32.1%
Other	424	3.0%	29.6%
Measured acres in Missouri	14,254	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Missouri	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Rock Pile Rx Fire	2,630	2,590	2,584	0	3	2
Range 24 Rx Fire	705	2,089	1,588	5	324	171
Rocky Branch Rx Fire	1,554	1,447	1,432	0	0	16
Goose Creek Rx Fire	1,438	1,440	1,404	0	4	33
Western Star Rx Fire	1,096	1,094	1,057	0	2	34
Carman Springs Rx S2 Fire	1,322	897	671	0	202	24
Chute Ridge Unit B Rx Fire	782	783	766	0	0	16
Slab Rx Fire	659	661	653	0	0	8
Big Hollow Rx Fire	659	659	643	0	0	16
Preusch-Smith Rx Fire	562	563	461	0	89	13
Long Hollow Fire	400	443	395	0	25	23
Seed Tick Tornado West Rx Fire	702	435	421	0	1	12
Waterhole Rx Fire	375	375	341	0	22	12
Private Fire	197	196	181	0	9	6
Hanks Rx Fire	846	177	112	0	65	0
De Witt Bend Fire	4	115	16	1	71	27
Sycamore Fire	60	106	83	0	20	3
406 Fire	85	84	34	0	47	3
Pinewoods Lake Admin Rx Fire	10	26	25	0	0	1
Watershed Fire	75	24	23	0	1	0
Norris Fire	15	21	10	0	11	0
Cave Fire	5	8	8	0	0	0
Copps Chapel Fire	4	7	3	0	2	2
Runner-Up Fire	3	5	5	0	0	0
Hog Hollow Fire	2	3	0	0	2	0
Homestead Fire	2	2	2	0	0	0
3 Mile Fire	1	1	0	0	0	1
Milltown Fire	1	1	1	0	0	0
Turner South Admin Rx Fire	1	1	1	0	0	0
Devil Fire	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bell Fire	1	1	1	0	0	0
Grassy Fire	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Markham Springs Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	33	14,196
Offered to measurement	33	14,196
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	32	14,196
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	0
Every cell outside Missouri	0	0
Measured acres in Missouri	32	14,254
Measured acres outside Missouri	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	14,254
Reported minus measured	—	-58
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

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.

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Burned forest by owner	Forest acres in Missouri	% of burned forest	% of Missouri's forestland
Public	12,211	94.5%	17.8%
Federal	12,211	94.5%	12.3%
State	0	0.0%	4.7%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.8%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	235	1.8%	82.2%
Family	235	1.8%	74.0%
Corporate	0	0.0%	6.8%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other private	0	0.0%	1.3%
Ownership not modeled	477	3.7%	—
Burned forest in Missouri	12,922	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Missouri	Federal	Private	Not modeled
Rock Pile Rx Fire	2,584	2,574	1	9
Range 24 Rx Fire	1,588	1,420	0	168
Rocky Branch Rx Fire	1,432	1,431	0	1
Goose Creek Rx Fire	1,404	1,369	4	31
Western Star Rx Fire	1,057	1,036	0	21
Chute Ridge Unit B Rx Fire	766	714	50	2
Carman Springs Rx S2 Fire	671	544	56	72
Slab Rx Fire	653	652	0	1
Big Hollow Rx Fire	643	643	0	0
Preusch-Smith Rx Fire	461	426	0	35
Seed Tick Tornado West Rx Fire	421	404	9	8
Long Hollow Fire	395	390	0	4
Waterhole Rx Fire	341	336	0	6
Private Fire	181	176	2	3
Hanks Rx Fire	112	49	1	62
Sycamore Fire	83	5	75	3
406 Fire	34	0	5	28
Pinewoods Lake Admin Rx Fire	25	24	0	1
Watershed Fire	23	7	13	2
De Witt Bend Fire	16	0	2	14
Norris Fire	10	0	8	2
Cave Fire	8	3	4	0
Runner-Up Fire	5	5	0	0
Copps Chapel Fire	3	0	2	1
Homestead Fire	2	0	2	0
Milltown Fire	1	0	1	0
Turner South Admin Rx Fire	1	1	0	0
Devil Fire	1	1	0	0
Bell Fire	1	0	1	0
Grassy Fire	0	0	0	0
3 Mile Fire	0	0	0	0
Hog Hollow Fire	0	0	0	0