2026 Ocean County, New Jersey Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Ocean County
Largest wildfires in Ocean County this season
All 2026 Ocean County Fires · 1 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Ocean County. 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 a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Ocean County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Ocean County is listed too, at its Ocean County acres, and is not added to the Ocean County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Ocean County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancoast Fire | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 39.7773, -74.2077 | 39.7774, -74.2073 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 1 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 1 |
Land cover · Ocean County 2026
Burned acres in Ocean County 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.
| Acres by cover type | Acres in Ocean County | % of burned | % of Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | 0 | 50.0% | 49.6% |
| Range (shrubland) | 0 | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Grassland | 0 | 0.0% | 9.0% |
| Other | 0 | 50.0% | 40.8% |
| Measured acres in Ocean County | 1 | — | — |
Measured fires
| Fire | Reported acres | Acres in Ocean County | Forest | Range (shrubland) | Grassland | Other | Unclassified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancoast Fire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reconciliation
| Line | Fires | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Counted fires | 1 | 1 |
| Offered to measurement | 1 | 1 |
| Complex roll-up residue | — | 0 |
| Fires with cells | 1 | 1 |
| Awaiting a perimeter | 0 | 0 |
| Awaiting measurement | 0 | 0 |
| Measurement errors | 0 | 0 |
| Smaller than one cell | 0 | 0 |
| Every cell outside Ocean County | 0 | 0 |
| Measured acres in Ocean County | 1 | 1 |
| Measured acres outside Ocean County | — | 0 |
| Whole perimeter acres | — | 1 |
| Reported minus measured | — | 0 |
| Burned in from another county | 0 | 0 |
Forest ownership · Ocean County 2026
Burned forest acres in Ocean County 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 Ocean County | % of burned forest | % of Ocean County's forestland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | 0 | 0.0% | 72.1% |
| Federal | 0 | 0.0% | 13.4% |
| State | 0 | 0.0% | 44.8% |
| Local (county, city) | 0 | 0.0% | 13.9% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Tribal | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Private | 0 | 0.0% | 27.9% |
| Family | 0 | 0.0% | 6.6% |
| Corporate | 0 | 0.0% | 13.3% |
| TIMO/REIT | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other private | 0 | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Ownership not modeled | 0 | 100.0% | — |
| Burned forest in Ocean County | 0 | — | — |
Fires by owner
| Fire | Forest acres in Ocean County | Federal | State | Local | Tribal | Private | Not modeled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pancoast Fire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.
Reconciliation
| Owner cells | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Land cover Forest cells | 2 | 0 |
| Equal | 2 | |
Burn severity · Ocean County 2026
Burned acres in Ocean County 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.
This tab fills in once a Ocean County fire from the 2026 season has been assessed. Assessments arrive within a few days of a perimeter, once the satellite has flown over and the sky is clear.