California Wildfires & Fire Map

The U.S. government is tracking 42 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)
37
too new to rate
(mostly small & new)

Updated Wednesday, September 9th at 10:00 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 · 45 not contained · 2.8M acres

New Mexico

75 fires · 69 not contained · 70K acres

Washington

59 fires · 50 not contained · 653K acres

Oklahoma

35 fires · 23 not contained · 40K acres

Montana

29 fires · 20 not contained · 115K acres

Idaho

21 fires · 19 not contained · 209K acres

South Dakota

15 fires · 12 not contained · 11K acres

Utah

14 fires · 8 not contained · 240K acres

Florida

12 fires · 3 not contained · 58K acres

Wisconsin

12 fires · 12 not contained · small fires

North Dakota

12 fires · 11 not contained · small fires

Colorado

11 fires · 11 not contained · 163K acres

Arkansas

8 fires · 8 not contained · small fires

Nevada

8 fires · 3 not contained · 145K acres

Minnesota

6 fires · all contained · 75K acres

Alaska

5 fires · 5 not contained · 9,475 acres

Arizona

5 fires · 4 not contained · 1,110 acres

Wyoming

4 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Texas

3 fires · 3 not contained · 94K acres

Mississippi

3 fires · all contained · small fires

Georgia

2 fires · 1 not contained · 1,850 acres

Alabama

2 fires · 1 not contained · small fires

Maine

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Massachusetts

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

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