2026 Washburn County, Wisconsin Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Washburn County
Largest wildfires in Washburn County this season
All 2026 Washburn County Fires · 16 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Washburn 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 Washburn County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Washburn County is listed too, at its Washburn County acres, and is not added to the Washburn County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Washburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Fire | Apr 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 45.9170, -91.8271 | 45.9146, -91.8271 |
| 5 Piles Fire | Apr 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 45.8649, -91.5425 | 45.8637, -91.5419 |
| Beaver Brook Fire | Oct 10, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 45.7526, -91.8227 | 45.7521, -91.8225 |
| Morningside Fire | Aug 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7185, -91.6962 | 45.7182, -91.6960 |
| Dock Lake 1 Fire | Aug 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.8476, -91.9281 | 45.8487, -91.9306 |
| Eagle View Fire | May 25, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.0788, -92.0055 | 46.0792, -92.0070 |
| Sleepy Eye Fire | May 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.1052, -91.9276 | 46.1048, -91.9270 |
| Fernander Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.8102, -91.7670 | 45.8138, -91.7672 |
| Garage Fire | May 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.8727, -91.6258 | 45.8725, -91.6260 |
| Rappley Fire | May 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.0205, -91.9165 | 46.0190, -91.9137 |
| Miller Fire | May 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9156, -91.8309 | 45.9159, -91.8310 |
| Spring Lake Fire | May 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9232, -91.6782 | 45.9234, -91.6783 |
| Hwy K 1 Fire | Apr 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.0283, -91.9035 | 46.0283, -91.9034 |
| Manure Fire | Mar 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7584, -91.9838 | 45.7575, -91.9809 |
| Sandy Fire | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.7387, -91.9479 | 45.7399, -92.0731 |
| Bushey Fire | Mar 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 45.9181, -91.8533 | 45.9177, -91.8536 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 16 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 3 |
Land cover · Washburn County 2026
Burned acres in Washburn 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 · Washburn County 2026
Burned forest acres in Washburn 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 · Washburn County 2026
Burned acres in Washburn 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.