California Wildfires & Fire Map

The U.S. government is tracking 64 wildfires in California today. Together they cover about 39K acres (roughly 30,000 football fields), spread across the state. Only 5 are large (1,000+ acres); the rest are small or brand-new. "Tracked" means officials are watching them, not that they're out of control. Here's where they stand:

5
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
4
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
55
too new to rate
(mostly small & new)

Updated Tuesday, October 20th at 6:00 a.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.

California fire map

Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

Drag or zoom the map to see fires in nearby states too.

Wildfires in California right now

“Contained” is how much of a fire's edge crews have boxed in. 100% means they have a line all the way around it. A fire at 0% is usually new or still being sized up, not out of control. Biggest first — tap any fire for the map, weather, and details.

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 in other states

Oregon

35 fires · 31 not contained · 472K acres

Wisconsin

31 fires · 31 not contained · small fires

Washington

26 fires · 17 not contained · 616K acres

Mississippi

12 fires · 5 not contained · 1,488 acres

Montana

12 fires · 7 not contained · 46K acres

Idaho

11 fires · 7 not contained · 30K acres

Michigan

9 fires · 9 not contained · 1,740 acres

Minnesota

8 fires · 7 not contained · small fires

Colorado

7 fires · 4 not contained · 157K acres

Wyoming

7 fires · 6 not contained · 9,124 acres

Florida

6 fires · 4 not contained · 4,783 acres

Alabama

4 fires · 1 not contained · small fires

Arkansas

4 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Texas

3 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

New Mexico

3 fires · 1 not contained · 17K acres

Oklahoma

3 fires · 1 not contained · small fires

Nevada

2 fires · all contained · 34K acres

Georgia

1 fire · all contained · small fires

Utah

1 fire · 1 not contained · 4,774 acres

Tennessee

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Louisiana

1 fire · all contained · small fires

Alaska

1 fire · all contained · 7,339 acres

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