Wildfires in Jackson
Jackson, United States, has had 15 fires with an official perimeter since 2017: 47,945 hectares burned inside the county, 6.6% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 0).
Only fires of 400 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.
Fire danger, today and the coming days
FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast- Fri 13 Very low 15° · 52 % · 48 km/h
- Sat 14 Very low 15° · 43 % · 31 km/h
- Sun 15 Very low 10° · 67 % · 19 km/h
- Mon 16 Very low 10° · 62 % · 24 km/h
- Tue 17 Very low 10° · 59 % · 18 km/h
- Wed 18 Very low 12° · 44 % · 26 km/h
- Thu 19 Very low 11° · 62 % · 18 km/h
- Fri 20 Very low 11° · 66 % · 19 km/h
Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website
Smoke today in Jackson: hourly forecast
The county and its fires
Since 2016
- 47,945
- hectares burned
- 6.6 %
- of the county
- 15
- fires
- 7,246
- km²
How many times has Jackson burned?
Jackson has burned 15 times since 2016, in 5 years: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024 and 2026. The most recent: E Evans Creek Rd 18000 Fire, July 2026, with 6,315 hectares inside the municipality.
- 15
- fires
- 5
- years with fire
- 47,945
- cumulative ha
- 10 Jul 2026
- most recent
Fires larger than 400 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.
Fires that entered Jackson
- 6,315 ha E Evans Creek Rd 18000 Fire, July 2026 where it started 0.9% of the county · 6,305 ha in total · 8 days
- 465 ha Upper Applegate 3900 Fire, June 2024 where it started 0.1% of the county · 460 ha in total · 8 days
- 13,302 ha S Obenchain Fire, September 2020 where it started 1.8% of the county · 13,295 ha in total · 10 days
- 1,223 ha Almeda Drive Fire, September 2020 where it started 0.2% of the county · 1,228 ha in total · 2 days
- 863 ha Ramsey Canyon Fire, August 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 860 ha in total · 4 days
- 3,769 ha Grave Creek #3 Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.5% of the county · 3,767 ha in total · 14 days
- 1,595 ha Snow Shoe Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.2% of the county · 1,592 ha in total · 16 days
- 12,715 ha Miles Fire, July 2018 1.8% of the county · 21,039 ha in total · 77 days
- 452 ha Hendrix Fire, July 2018 where it started 0.1% of the county · 454 ha in total · 11 days
- 881 ha Klamathon Fire, July 2018 0.1% of the county · 15,442 ha in total · 6 days
- 1,735 ha Burnt Peak Fire, August 2017 where it started 0.2% of the county · 1,746 ha in total · 24 days
- 533 ha Abney Fire, August 2017 0.1% of the county · 13,534 ha in total · 72 days
- 2,453 ha Broken Lookout Fire, August 2017 0.3% of the county · 7,744 ha in total · 42 days
- 2 ha Spruce Lake Fire, July 2017 0.0% of the county · 6,499 ha in total · 50 days
- 1,642 ha Blanket Creek Fire, July 2017 0.2% of the county · 13,252 ha in total · 55 days
Where this data comes from
Perimeters are official, from MTBS (USGS and USDA Forest Service) and NIFC, in the public domain; county boundaries come from geoBoundaries/United States Census Bureau, MAF/TIGER Database (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
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