Land cover · New Jersey 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in New Jersey % of burned % of New Jersey
Forest 1 17.6% 51.6%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.7%
Grassland 3 35.3% 12.7%
Other 4 47.1% 35.0%
Measured acres in New Jersey 8 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in New Jersey Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Broadway Fire 10 7 1 0 3 3 0
Pancoast Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Alexander Fire 20 — Awaiting a perimeter
Pleasant Plains Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 31
Offered to measurement 4 31
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 2 11
Awaiting a perimeter 1 20
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside New Jersey 0 0
Measured acres in New Jersey 2 8
Measured acres outside New Jersey — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 8
Reported minus measured — 3
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for NJ. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.