2026 New Jersey Wildfires
Newest wildfires in New Jersey
Largest wildfires in New Jersey this season
All 2026 New Jersey Fires · 4 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in New Jersey. 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 Jersey, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into New Jersey is listed too, at its New Jersey acres, and is not added to the New Jersey fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Fire | Cape May | Mar 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 20 | 39.0530, -74.8670 | — |
| Broadway Fire | Salem | Apr 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 39.5802, -75.4779 | 39.5808, -75.4789 |
| Pancoast Fire | Ocean | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 39.7773, -74.2077 | 39.7774, -74.2073 |
| Pleasant Plains Fire | Somerset | Mar 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 40.7213, -74.5267 | 40.7213, -74.5267 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 4 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 31 |
Land cover · New Jersey 2026
Burned acres in New Jersey 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 Jersey 2026
Burned forest acres in New Jersey 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 Jersey 2026
Burned acres in New Jersey 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.