2026 Pennsylvania Wildfires
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All 2026 Pennsylvania Fires · 14 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Pennsylvania is listed too, at its Pennsylvania acres, and is not added to the Pennsylvania fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Round Top/Munshower Rx Fire | Adams | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 72 | 39.7956, -77.2365 | 39.7940, -77.2376 |
| Horse Show Road 2 Fire | Huntingdon | Apr 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 52 | 40.5329, -78.0473 | — |
| Lansing Wildfire | McKean | Jun 5, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 38 | 41.8344, -78.8342 | 41.8346, -78.8335 |
| Charcoal Fire | Carbon | Apr 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 20 | 40.7854, -75.6217 | 40.7836, -75.6278 |
| Raccoon Trail Fire | Berks | May 5, 2026 | — | Inactive | 6 | 40.2105, -75.7600 | 40.2102, -75.7602 |
| Pa02 S Fire | Bedford | Apr 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 39.7628, -78.4864 | — |
| Black Valley Road Fire | Bedford | Mar 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 39.8258, -78.5113 | — |
| Barnes Road Fire | Bedford | Jan 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 39.7292, -78.3865 | — |
| Mt Zion Rd Fire | Bedford | Jan 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 39.7899, -78.4536 | — |
| Rustic View Lane Fire | Bedford | Mar 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 40.0506, -78.6555 | — |
| Centennial Road Fire | Bedford | Apr 7, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 39.9436, -78.5342 | — |
| Sweet Root Fire | Bedford | Mar 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 39.8301, -78.5031 | — |
| Hensel Fork Fire | Clinton | Mar 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 41.4362, -77.8317 | — |
| Menchtown Road Fire | Bedford | Jan 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 39.9669, -78.3491 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 14 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 202 |
Land cover · Pennsylvania 2026
Burned acres in Pennsylvania 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 · Pennsylvania 2026
Burned forest acres in Pennsylvania 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 · Pennsylvania 2026
Burned acres in Pennsylvania 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.