Started on Aug 10, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 10 miles northwest of Deland, FL
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 6 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Southern Rough
- How it's behaving
- ModerateBacking — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across 700 acres of federal land in Volusia County, Florida, the active Jones Island Fire is located 10 miles northwest of Deland, presenting moderate, backing, and creeping fire behavior through southern rough fuel. Managed by a Type 5 Incident Command with six personnel under the USFWS, the natural-start fire carries an estimated cost of $10,000 and currently maintains zero containment.
Satellites monitoring the incident have registered four heat detections near the perimeter over the past 48 hours. This localized activity unfolds within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 2,838,311 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 48% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Florida for 2 days. In total it burned about 700 acres — around 2.8 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,226,886 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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