2026 Columbia County, Wisconsin Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Columbia County
Largest wildfires in Columbia County this season
All 2026 Columbia County Fires · 16 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Columbia County is listed too, at its Columbia County acres, and is not added to the Columbia County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Columbia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transit Fire | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 43.3483, -89.0531 | 43.3410, -89.0541 |
| Tent Pole Fire | Oct 11, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 43.4836, -89.5114 | 43.4798, -89.5168 |
| Barden Rd Fire | Oct 9, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 43.5786, -89.2779 | 43.5787, -89.2776 |
| Ghost Fire | Sep 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5332, -89.5802 | 43.5328, -89.5784 |
| Dragonfly Fire | Jul 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5239, -89.5442 | 43.5240, -89.5444 |
| Buckles Fire | May 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4202, -89.0951 | 43.4233, -89.0937 |
| Golf Fire | May 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.3151, -89.6934 | 43.3152, -89.6938 |
| Pomp Fire | May 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4168, -89.0241 | 43.4166, -89.0244 |
| Hillside Fire | May 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.6363, -89.7767 | 43.6360, -89.7766 |
| Log Cabin Fire | May 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4612, -89.3715 | 43.4614, -89.3717 |
| Cth Ef Fire | Apr 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5740, -89.0603 | 43.5918, -89.0673 |
| Centennial Fire | Apr 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.3502, -89.6823 | 43.3500, -89.6828 |
| Blackhawk Rd Fire | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5180, -89.4501 | 43.5182, -89.4509 |
| Rift Fire | Mar 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.3078, -89.6113 | 43.6126, -89.6055 |
| Church Rd Fire | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.5560, -89.5612 | 43.5558, -89.5690 |
| Wildwood Fire | Mar 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 43.4026, -89.5248 | 43.4021, -89.5255 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 16 | Active Fires 2 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 2 |
Land cover · Columbia County 2026
Burned acres in Columbia 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 · Columbia County 2026
Burned forest acres in Columbia 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 · Columbia County 2026
Burned acres in Columbia 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.