Live wildfire map of the United States
Live wildfire map of the United States
Live wildfire map for the United States, updated continuously from NASA satellite hotspot detections and official NIFC / WFIGS incident data. See where wildfires are burning right now, their size and containment, how intense they are, and the fire-danger level in each state — with a dedicated page for every significant fire and a day-by-day archive of the whole season. Click any state for its local fire map.
⚠️ The fires shown are automatic satellite heat detections from NASA FIRMS, augmented with official NIFC / WFIGS incidents where available. Satellite detections are not verified on the ground and are not 100% accurate — they can include false alarms (industrial heat, prescribed burns) or miss small or cloud-covered fires. Do not use this map for safety decisions; always follow official sources.
Significant fires
- Lowndes✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Lawrence✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Wilcox County✓ Confirmed50 MW
- Montgomery County✓ Confirmed24 MW
- Geneva County✓ Confirmed142 MW
- Sebastian✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Lawrence County✓ Confirmed57 MW
- Lawrence County✓ Confirmed78 MW
- Monroe County✓ Confirmed82 MW
- Jackson County✓ Confirmed76 MW
- San Diego✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Mendocino✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Riverside✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Lake✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Siskiyou✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Burke County✓ Confirmed99 MW
- Jeff Davis County✓ Confirmed33 MW
- Marion County✓ Confirmed44 MW
- Pike County✓ Confirmed43 MW
- Hancock County✓ Confirmed40 MW
- Shoshone✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Camas✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Kootenai✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Shoshone✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Boundary County✓ Confirmed42 MW
- Saint Landry Parish✓ Confirmed20 MW
- Allen Parish✓ Confirmed208 MW
- Iberia Parish✓ Confirmed36 MW
- Avoyelles Parish✓ Confirmed63 MW
- Lafourche Parish✓ Confirmed167 MW
- Pine✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Crow Wing✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Pine✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Chisago✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Cass✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Newton✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Newton✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Jasper✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Wayne✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Newton✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Stoddard County✓ Confirmed123 MW
- Hamilton Township✓ Confirmed119 MW
- Scott County✓ Confirmed35 MW
- Pemiscot County✓ Confirmed59 MW
- Worth County✓ Confirmed15 MW
- Jackson✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Deschutes✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Columbia✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Josephine✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Crook✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Orange County✓ Confirmed40 MW
- Nacogdoches County✓ Confirmed23 MW
- Atascosa County✓ Confirmed16 MW
- Freestone County✓ Confirmed17 MW
- Walker County✓ Confirmed52 MW
- Lewis✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Garfield✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Klickitat✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Chelan✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Okanogan✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Langlade✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Ashland✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Chippewa✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Vilas✓ Confirmed0 MW
- Oneida✓ Confirmed0 MW
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What you can track here
Fires by state
Live wildfire tracking for all 51 states of the United States, updated continuously — open a state for its fire map and fire-danger level:
| States | Active fires | Fire danger |
|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 0 | — |
| Maine | 0 | — |
| Massachusetts | 1 | — |
| New Hampshire | 0 | — |
| Rhode Island | 0 | — |
| Vermont | 0 | — |
| New Jersey | 0 | — |
| New York | 0 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | — |
| Illinois | 2 | — |
| Indiana | 0 | — |
| Michigan | 4 | — |
| Ohio | 0 | — |
| Wisconsin | 40 | — |
| Iowa | 0 | — |
| Kansas | 0 | — |
| Minnesota | 9 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | — |
| Nebraska | 0 | — |
| North Dakota | 3 | — |
| South Dakota | 1 | — |
| Delaware | 0 | — |
| Florida | 4 | — |
| Georgia | 12 | — |
| Maryland | 0 | — |
| North Carolina | 1 | — |
| South Carolina | 0 | — |
| Virginia | 0 | — |
| West Virginia | 0 | — |
| District of Columbia | 0 | — |
| Alabama | 11 | — |
| Kentucky | 0 | — |
| Mississippi | 15 | — |
| Tennessee | 1 | — |
| Arkansas | 36 | — |
| Louisiana | 23 | — |
| Oklahoma | 5 | — |
| Texas | 6 | — |
| Arizona | 2 | — |
| Colorado | 1 | — |
| Idaho | 6 | — |
| Montana | 5 | — |
| Nevada | 1 | — |
| New Mexico | 0 | — |
| Utah | 1 | — |
| Wyoming | 0 | — |
| Alaska | 0 | — |
| California | 32 | — |
| Hawaii | 1 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | — |
| Washington | 8 | — |
Main towns covered: Bridgeport · New Haven · Hartford · Stamford · Portland · Bangor · Lewiston · Boston · Worcester · Springfield · Manchester · Nashua · Concord · Providence · Warwick · Cranston · Burlington · Montpelier · Rutland · Newark · Jersey City · Paterson · New York City · Buffalo · Rochester · Albany · Philadelphia · Pittsburgh · Allentown · Chicago
About this fire map
Fire Map Today shows wildfires across the United States in one live view, built from NASA satellite heat detections and official NIFC / WFIGS incident data. Nearby detections of the same fire are grouped into a single fire event with its own page, and every day is archived so you can look back over the season. It republishes public data and is not an official warning service.
How this map works
Zoom out for the national picture; zoom in and the individual satellite detections appear. Fires are shaded by intensity and each region is coloured by its fire-danger level. Satellites pass several times a day and cannot see through thick cloud or smoke, so a real fire can be missed for hours and some heat sources are not wildfires — always check official sources.
Where the data comes from
Active-fire detections come from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS and MODIS sensors). Confirmed wildfires — their name, size (acres) and containment — and perimeters come from NIFC / WFIGS (the interagency wildland-fire feed behind InciWeb). Red Flag Warnings come from the National Weather Service, and the fire-danger level is a fire-weather index modelled from live weather via Open-Meteo. State borders are official US Census boundaries. In an emergency call 911 and follow your state fire agency.
NIFC — National Interagency Fire Center · NASA FIRMS
Staying safe near wildfires
If you are near an active fire, do not rely on this map for safety decisions — satellite detections can be delayed for hours by cloud, smoke or the timing of the satellite pass, and some heat sources are not wildfires. Always follow your official emergency service and local warnings (InciWeb, your state fire agency and local alerts), prepare an emergency plan, and leave early if you are in a high fire-danger area. This is a free public information service, not an emergency-alerting system.
Fire season in United States
The United States has no single fire season. The Southeast can burn in any month and peaks in late winter and spring; the Great Plains run fast grass fires before green-up; the Great Basin and Southwest peak in May to July before the monsoon; the Northern Rockies and the Pacific West peak from July into October, and it is the late-season offshore wind events in California that produce the most destructive fires.
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Highlighted months are the peak of the season.
| Area | When | Why |
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| Pacific West (CA, OR, WA) | Jun–Nov | Long summer drought, then dry offshore winds late in the season. |
| Great Basin & Southwest | May–Jul | Peak heat before the summer monsoon; invasive annual grasses carry fire across rangeland. |
| Northern Rockies | Jul–Sep | Lightning in remote high country; fires burn until the first heavy autumn rain or snow. |
| Great Plains | Feb–Apr, Aug–Sep | Cured grass before green-up, and again when it cures in late summer. |
| Southeast | Jan–May | Fire-adapted pine forest; also the region where prescribed burning is most widely used. |
Official fire agencies in United States
- NIFC — National Interagency Fire Center: national wildfire coordination and situation reports
- National Weather Service — Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches
- InciWeb — Official incident information for large wildfires
- Emergency services — Fire, police and medical emergencies Phone: 911
