Wildfires in Merced County

California

🔴 1 active fire

Fire-weather risk today

High

tomorrow: High · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

24 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

518 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 36· PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-37:-121) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

MCCABE RD SANTA_NELLA Active ›

Fire history

MCCABE RD SANTA_NELLA · Wildfire 02/11/2026 › HOWARD · Wildfire 20/10/2026· 2 h › FIELDS · Wildfire 20/10/2026· 4 h › OLSEN · Wildfire 19/10/2026· 2 h › SAND · Wildfire 17/10/2026· 3 h › ROME · Wildfire 16/10/2026· 1 h › CANYON RD / PIONEER RD · Wildfire 16/10/2026· 0 h › ROMERO · Wildfire 14/10/2026· 0 h › HOWARD · Wildfire 12/10/2026· 28 h › FOREBAY · Wildfire 04/10/2026· 0 h › LB4 · Wildfire 29/09/2026· 0 h › FALLS · Wildfire 09/09/2026· 2 h › HORN · Wildfire 03/09/2026· 0 h › NEES · Wildfire 30/08/2026· 1 h › CHEVRON · Wildfire 19/08/2026· 0 h › JASPER · Wildfire 16/08/2026· 1 h › FALLS · Wildfire 31/07/2026· 6 h › BAXTER · Wildfire 30/07/2026· 2 h › HWY 165 LOS_BANOS · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 1 h › CRESSEY · Wildfire 27/07/2026· 9 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.