Burn severity · Vilas County 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Vilas County
Unburned to very low 8 0 1 2 0 11
Low 0 0 1 8 0 9
Moderate low 0 0 0 1 0 1
Moderate high 0 0 0 0 0 0
High 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assessed acres in Vilas County 8 0 2 11 0 21
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Vilas County Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
White Whale Fire 11 12 2 9 1 0 0
Swampy Fire 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
County N Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Argo Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Enchilada Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Cochran Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheep Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pit Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oak Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patterson Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Placid Lake Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Little Pine Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bayer Lake Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(8)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Waters Lane Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
Brandy Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Floursheim Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Bearnose Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Bucket Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Kentuck Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Lune Island Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
Schneider Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 22 16
Offered to assessment 22 16
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 14 16
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 3 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 5 0
Every cell outside Vilas County 0 0
Assessed acres in Vilas County 14 21
Assessed acres outside Vilas County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 21
Burned in from another county 0 0

Generated 2026-10-08 20:00 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-10-08 20:00 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for WI. 30 m cells.