Official U.S. fire data

440 Wildfires Tracked Right Now

"Tracked" means the U.S. government is officially watching this fire today. It does not mean it's burning out of control. Here's where all 440 stand right now:

91
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
109
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
240
not reported yet
(mostly small & new)

We update this list once a day, biggest first. Tap any fire for the details.

Updated Wednesday, September 16th at 1:00 p.m. CDT

A daily overview, not a live emergency map. If you're near a fire, use Watch Duty and your local officials for live updates and evacuations.

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“Contained” is how much of a fire's edge crews have boxed in. 100% means they have a line all the way around it.

Show all 440 active fires

Official data from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the U.S. government's wildfire tracker. We refresh it daily. Brand-new small fires can take a day or two to show up here.

Wildfires by state

Tap a state for its fires and a live map. "Not contained" means crews are still working the fire's edge.

Oregon

66 fires · 32 not contained · 2.3M acres

Montana

50 fires · 42 not contained · 131K acres

California

48 fires · 48 not contained · 68K acres

New Mexico

47 fires · 41 not contained · 39K acres

Oklahoma

31 fires · 22 not contained · 45K acres

Washington

30 fires · 24 not contained · 609K acres

Idaho

18 fires · 15 not contained · 202K acres

Utah

15 fires · 12 not contained · 208K acres

South Dakota

15 fires · 14 not contained · 7,000 acres

Wisconsin

13 fires · 13 not contained · small fires

Texas

12 fires · 12 not contained · 116K acres

Arkansas

11 fires · 11 not contained · 3,869 acres

Mississippi

11 fires · 10 not contained · small fires

Colorado

11 fires · 10 not contained · 163K acres

Wyoming

10 fires · 10 not contained · 7,651 acres

Florida

7 fires · 4 not contained · 38K acres

Minnesota

6 fires · all contained · 75K acres

Alaska

6 fires · 6 not contained · 55K acres

Nevada

5 fires · 3 not contained · 99K acres

Arizona

4 fires · 3 not contained · small fires

North Carolina

4 fires · 3 not contained · small fires

Maine

4 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Alabama

3 fires · all contained · small fires

North Dakota

3 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Georgia

3 fires · 1 not contained · 1,887 acres

Louisiana

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Nebraska

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Puerto Rico

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Virginia

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Michigan

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

South Carolina

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

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