Official U.S. fire data

472 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 472 stand right now:

83
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
133
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
256
not reported yet
(mostly small & new)

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

Updated Sunday, August 16th at 2:01 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.

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

106 fires · 77 not contained · 2.9M acres

California

82 fires · 75 not contained · 128K acres

Washington

47 fires · 39 not contained · 624K acres

Idaho

25 fires · 24 not contained · 183K acres

Wisconsin

25 fires · 25 not contained · small fires

Montana

24 fires · 22 not contained · 62K acres

Oklahoma

20 fires · 16 not contained · 4,138 acres

Wyoming

18 fires · 10 not contained · 31K acres

South Dakota

15 fires · 14 not contained · 14K acres

Colorado

14 fires · 11 not contained · 231K acres

New Mexico

12 fires · 11 not contained · 11K acres

Minnesota

11 fires · 8 not contained · 78K acres

Utah

10 fires · 8 not contained · 361K acres

Florida

10 fires · 7 not contained · 3,837 acres

Nevada

8 fires · 6 not contained · 157K acres

Alaska

7 fires · 7 not contained · 39K acres

Arizona

5 fires · 5 not contained · small fires

North Carolina

5 fires · 1 not contained · 1,552 acres

North Dakota

4 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Georgia

3 fires · 1 not contained · 1,670 acres

Maine

3 fires · 3 not contained · small fires

Hawaii

3 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Texas

3 fires · 3 not contained · 4,759 acres

South Carolina

3 fires · 1 not contained · 3,174 acres

Mississippi

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Louisiana

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Virginia

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Michigan

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Massachusetts

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

New Hampshire

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Arkansas

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Alabama

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

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