2026 New Hampshire Wildfires
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All 2026 New Hampshire Fires · 15 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into New Hampshire is listed too, at its New Hampshire acres, and is not added to the New Hampshire fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tnc W Branch 3 Rx Fire | Carroll | Sep 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 59 | 43.8448, -71.1824 | — |
| Selt Birch Ridge Rx Fire | Strafford | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 28 | 43.4822, -71.1401 | — |
| 140409 A Fire | Coos | Apr 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 44.3575, -71.7119 | — |
| 240412 A Hampton Falls Fire | Rockingham | Apr 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 9 | 42.9318, -70.9073 | — |
| 250517 A Rochester Fire | Strafford | May 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 7 | 43.3631, -70.9909 | — |
| Grafton 7 F Rx Fire | Grafton | Apr 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 44.1214, -72.0236 | — |
| 210520 A-Blackwater Fire | Merrimack | May 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 43.2616, -71.6503 | — |
| 230505 A Fire | Hillsborough | May 5, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 42.8143, -71.6044 | — |
| 240519 A Londonderry Fire | Rockingham | May 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 42.9329, -71.3735 | — |
| Tuxbury Pond Fire | Rockingham | Jun 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 of 0 | 42.8651, -70.9911 | — |
| 120525 A Fire | Grafton | May 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.7711, -71.6921 | — |
| 250505 C Deerfield Fire | Rockingham | May 5, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.1229, -71.2935 | — |
| 120429 A Fire | Grafton | Apr 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.8465, -71.6366 | — |
| 130428 A Fire | Carroll | Apr 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.1159, -71.2150 | — |
| 140428 A Fire | Grafton | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 44.0675, -71.9430 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 15 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 125 |
Land cover · New Hampshire 2026
Burned acres in New Hampshire 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 · New Hampshire 2026
Burned forest acres in New Hampshire 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 · New Hampshire 2026
Burned acres in New Hampshire 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.