Wildfires in Monterey County

California

🔴 2 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

High

tomorrow: Very high · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

24 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

22432 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 23· PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-36:-122) — 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

Plaskett Active· 12138 ha › Timber Active· 10294 ha ›

Fire history

PEACH · Wildfire 11/09/2026· 5 h › LAURELES · Wildfire 10/09/2026· 4 h › SAN JUAN · Wildfire 05/09/2026· 0 h › METZ · Wildfire 02/09/2026· 3 h › AURORA · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 2 h › PEAK · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 2 h › WILLIAMS · Wildfire 29/08/2026· 0 h › ALVARADO · Wildfire 27/08/2026· 1 h › Plaskett · Wildfire 26/08/2026· 12138 ha › JOLON · Wildfire 20/08/2026· 5 h › BRYSON · Wildfire 10/08/2026· 2 h › Timber · Wildfire 09/08/2026· 10294 ha › DEL · Wildfire 09/08/2026· 18 h › ARGYLE · Wildfire 09/08/2026· 1 h › JACK · Wildfire 09/08/2026· 4 h › ALVARADO · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 3 h › SUR · Wildfire 04/08/2026· 1 h › BRYANT CANYON RD SOLEDAD · Wildfire 04/08/2026· 73 h › CANYON · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 1 h › BRADLEY · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 0 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.