California Wildfires & Fire Map

The U.S. government is tracking 69 wildfires in California today. Together they cover about 66K acres (roughly 50,000 football fields), spread across the state. Only 4 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:

1
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
4
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
64
too new to rate
(mostly small & new)

Updated Saturday, September 5th at 4:00 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

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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

75 fires · 46 not contained · 2.9M acres

Montana

37 fires · 34 not contained · 111K acres

Washington

35 fires · 25 not contained · 651K acres

Wisconsin

29 fires · 29 not contained · small fires

New Mexico

28 fires · 21 not contained · 65K acres

Idaho

26 fires · 25 not contained · 209K acres

Oklahoma

26 fires · 16 not contained · 39K acres

Florida

16 fires · 5 not contained · 72K acres

Wyoming

14 fires · 12 not contained · 7,998 acres

Utah

11 fires · 7 not contained · 198K acres

Nevada

10 fires · 7 not contained · 164K acres

Colorado

10 fires · 10 not contained · 163K acres

Texas

9 fires · 9 not contained · 92K acres

South Dakota

9 fires · 6 not contained · 3,223 acres

Minnesota

8 fires · 5 not contained · 75K acres

Arizona

6 fires · 6 not contained · 1,181 acres

Mississippi

5 fires · all contained · 2,224 acres

North Dakota

5 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Alaska

5 fires · 5 not contained · 46K acres

Georgia

2 fires · 1 not contained · 1,850 acres

Maine

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Arkansas

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Michigan

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Massachusetts

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Louisiana

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Tennessee

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

North Carolina

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Hawaii

1 fire · all contained · small fires

Alabama

1 fire · all contained · 1,650 acres

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