See fire data on the map

Five views into US fire data: 62,185 historical perimeters, a snapshot of 401 active fires, 1,807 WUI-flagged cities, plus guides to EPA air quality and NWS Red Flag warnings.

00 National view

Acres burned by state

Every NIFC fire perimeter on record, summed by state. Hotter colors = more land burned. Click a state to drill in.

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Total acres burned (NIFC perimeter history)

Perimeters

62,185

135,949,578 acres

Active fires

401

70,063 acres · daily snapshot

WUI cities

1,807

49,374,888 residents

Largest on record

1,054,154

Smokehouse Creek

01 Five maps

Pick a view

Every view is built from the FireVerge database as static SVG maps and tables, so pages load fast and work without JavaScript.

Historical perimeters

62,185 fires

135,949,578 acres burned · NIFC InterAgency

Every fire perimeter tracked by federal agencies since the 1900s. Browse by state, by year, or jump to the largest fires on record.

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Active fires

401 active

70,063 acres · NIFC IRWIN snapshot

Snapshot of active US fires from the NIFC IRWIN feed, with the date it was taken, by state and by size.

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Wildland-urban interface

1,807 WUI cities

49,374,888 residents in WUI areas

Cities flagged by USFA as sitting in or near the wildland-urban interface — where structures and vegetation collide.

How to read the Air Quality Index during smoke events, with links to current AirNow readings for any US ZIP.

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Fire-weather alerts

Red Flag warnings

National Weather Service

What triggers a Red Flag warning, where to find current NWS alerts, and the states with the most wildland fire activity.

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About these maps

Static views are built at deploy time from the FireVerge SQLite blob — NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History, IRWIN active-fire snapshots, NFIRS reports, and USFA WUI community lists. Live overlays (AirNow, NWS, FIRMS) are not part of the site yet.