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107 active wildfires burning 102,997 acres in California right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.
California currently has 107 active wildfires burning a combined 102,997 acres. 13 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 3 of those are still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Bug fire in Lassen County at 44,304 acres, 3% contained. 49 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 1 active fire, wind, or heat alert covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 48).
Bold outline: California boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Fire Weather Watch issued August 11 at 9:57AM PDT until August 13 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS Sacramento CA
Sierra Nevada of Tehama-Butte-Plumas Counties Above 3000 ft; Sierra Nevada of Yuba-Sierra-Nevada-Placer Counties Between 3000-5000 ft Including Interstate 80; S…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 265K acres have burned in California, 20% of the 1.3M acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bug Fire | Lassen | 44,304 acres | 3% | 5 hours ago |
| Elephant Fire | Plumas | 13,930 acres | 100% | 3 days ago |
| Rock Fire | Inyo | 12,008 acres | 100% | 5 days ago |
| Gann Fire | Calaveras | 10,339 acres | 84% | 16 hours ago |
| Fish Fire | Kern | 4,201 acres | 100% | 7 days ago |
| Cinder Complex Fire | Inyo | 2,784 acres | 100% | 4 days ago |
| Antelope Fire | Kern, San Luis Obispo | 2,410 acres | 80% | 2 hours ago |
| Timber Fire | Monterey | 1,723 acres | 5% | 1 hour ago |
| MP18 Fire | Humboldt | 1,563 acres | 10% | 16 hours ago |
| 5-4 Fire | Inyo | 1,318 acres | - | 19 hours ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 3,233 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, California averaged 482K acres burned and 12K fires per year. That is 70% down in acreage and 124% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.
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