2026 Rusk County, Wisconsin Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Rusk County
Largest wildfires in Rusk County this season
All 2026 Rusk County Fires · 11 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Rusk 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 Rusk County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Rusk County is listed too, at its Rusk County acres, and is not added to the Rusk County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Rusk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Airport Fire | Apr 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 16 | 45.4330, -91.0563 | 45.4304, -91.0564 |
| Hanson Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 45.5619, -90.8688 | 45.5630, -90.8695 |
| Hwy 8 East Fire | Sep 28, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 45.4648, -91.1471 | 45.4648, -91.1471 |
| Pit Fire | Aug 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.3879, -91.5064 | 45.3877, -91.5064 |
| Baler Fire | Aug 7, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.4269, -91.2401 | 45.4269, -91.2402 |
| Murry Fire | Aug 5, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.5919, -91.2210 | 45.5981, -91.2208 |
| Plot Fire | Aug 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.5297, -90.7824 | 45.5301, -90.7824 |
| Edming Fire | May 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.4902, -90.8789 | 45.4901, -90.8789 |
| Marshall Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.3667, -90.9884 | 45.3802, -90.9868 |
| Bernard Fire | Apr 16, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.4957, -91.3064 | 45.4937, -91.3074 |
| Hurin Fire | Apr 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.4812, -90.9612 | 45.4749, -90.9660 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 11 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 19 |
Land cover · Rusk County 2026
Burned acres in Rusk 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 · Rusk County 2026
Burned forest acres in Rusk 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 · Rusk County 2026
Burned acres in Rusk 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.