California Wildfires & Fire Map

The U.S. government is tracking 72 wildfires in California today. Together they cover about 61K acres (roughly 47,000 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:

1
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
8
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
63
too new to rate
(mostly small & new)

Updated Tuesday, July 21st at 8:00 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

84 fires · 75 not contained · 655K acres

Washington

36 fires · 32 not contained · 136K acres

Colorado

30 fires · 29 not contained · 219K acres

Alaska

29 fires · 28 not contained · 19K acres

Montana

29 fires · 27 not contained · 1,523 acres

Florida

21 fires · 10 not contained · 49K acres

Minnesota

18 fires · 17 not contained · 71K acres

New Mexico

17 fires · 16 not contained · 16K acres

Utah

16 fires · 10 not contained · 362K acres

Idaho

15 fires · 14 not contained · 11K acres

Wisconsin

14 fires · 14 not contained · small fires

South Dakota

12 fires · 12 not contained · small fires

Wyoming

7 fires · 5 not contained · 1,499 acres

Arizona

7 fires · 6 not contained · 40K acres

Nevada

6 fires · 2 not contained · 48K acres

West Virginia

6 fires · all contained · 2,417 acres

North Carolina

4 fires · 4 not contained · 1,645 acres

Maryland

3 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

South Carolina

3 fires · 1 not contained · 1,425 acres

North Dakota

3 fires · 3 not contained · small fires

Oklahoma

3 fires · 3 not contained · small fires

Puerto Rico

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Michigan

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Massachusetts

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Virginia

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Arkansas

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

New Hampshire

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Kansas

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

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