2026 Burnett County, Wisconsin Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Burnett County
Largest wildfires in Burnett County this season
All 2026 Burnett County Fires · 21 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Burnett 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 Burnett County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Burnett County is listed too, at its Burnett County acres, and is not added to the Burnett County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Burnett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island Fire | Apr 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 29 | 45.7879, -92.3175 | 45.7884, -92.3176 |
| Refuge Fire | Jul 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 45.8791, -92.6328 | 45.8783, -92.6381 |
| Fish Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 45.7468, -92.7610 | 45.7457, -92.7606 |
| Pleasant Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 45.7163, -92.8443 | 45.7172, -92.8271 |
| Soderbeck Fire | Aug 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 45.7869, -92.7438 | 45.7873, -92.7440 |
| Lobster Fire | Sep 28, 2026 | — | Active | 2 | 45.9854, -92.3442 | 45.9864, -92.3446 |
| Birch Fire | Oct 10, 2026 | — | Active | 1 | 45.9345, -92.3892 | 45.9343, -92.3895 |
| Icehouse Bridge Fire | Oct 9, 2026 | — | Active | 1 | 45.8859, -92.4856 | 45.8851, -92.4845 |
| Taylor Lake Fire | May 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 45.8101, -92.2822 | 45.7989, -92.2834 |
| Bear Fire | Sep 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9637, -92.2756 | 45.9637, -92.2753 |
| Arbutus Fire | May 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9893, -92.1374 | 45.9899, -92.1382 |
| Oak Rd Fire | May 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9896, -92.1319 | 45.9901, -92.1324 |
| Bushey Fire | May 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9292, -92.2962 | 45.9298, -92.2970 |
| Johnson Lake Fire | May 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9410, -92.3046 | 45.9358, -92.3055 |
| Lipsett Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.8625, -92.0473 | 45.8620, -92.0470 |
| Bents Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.1209, -92.2381 | 46.1221, -92.2446 |
| Stump Fire | May 13, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7536, -92.7376 | 45.7520, -92.7370 |
| Canute Fire | May 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7222, -92.6816 | 45.7060, -92.6726 |
| Billy Boy Fire | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7662, -92.1427 | 45.7663, -92.1429 |
| Castle Fire | Apr 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.0523, -92.1346 | 46.0519, -92.1346 |
| Poquette Fire | Apr 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7780, -92.0739 | 45.7747, -92.0738 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 21 | Active Fires 3 | Acres Burning 4 | 2026 Season Acres 51 |
Land cover · Burnett County 2026
Burned acres in Burnett 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.
Forest ownership · Burnett County 2026
Burned forest acres in Burnett 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.
Burn severity · Burnett County 2026
Burned acres in Burnett 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.