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Colorado Wildfires: Live Fire Map

16 active wildfires burning 228,339 acres in Colorado right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

16
Active fires
228K
Acres
3
Under 50% contained
53
Air quality · Moderate

Current situation in Colorado

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
8
New fires (48h)
3
NWS alerts
1

Colorado currently has 16 active wildfires burning a combined 228,339 acres. 8 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 1 of those is still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Aspen Acres fire in Custer County at 102,004 acres, 72% contained. 3 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 moderate (AQI 53).

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Bold outline: Colorado boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

1 active weather alert
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 11, 9:30 PM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 7:10AM MDT until August 11 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County; Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below 7500 Ft; Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso Count…

Read full alert at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

This season vs the last decade

161% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026304K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)189K acres

So far in 2026, 304K acres have burned in Colorado, 161% of the 189K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Colorado

Wildfire history in Colorado

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2020
Worst year · 684K acres
940
Fires / year · average
12K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
3,794
Structures destroyed
15
Lives lost
$1.3B
Reported cost

From 833 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
6471.3K2014: 597 fires20142015: 727 fires2016: 1.1K fires20162017: 893 fires2018: 1.3K fires20182019: 845 fires2020: 1.1K fires20202021: 1.0K fires2022: 873 fires20222023: 831 fires2024: 898 fires20242025: 1.1K fires2026: 940 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Colorado averaged 142K acres burned and 938 fires per year. That is 26% down in acreage and 0% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.

Largest fires on record in Colorado

  • Cameron Peak2020444 structures destroyed208,913 acres
  • East Troublesome2020580 structures destroyed · 2 deaths193,812 acres
  • Pine Gulch20206 structures destroyed139,007 acres
  • Hayman2002600 structures destroyed137,760 acres
  • Lee2025137,758 acres

Emergency resources for Colorado

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Colorado DHSEMAlertsDivision of Homeland Security & Emergency Management.dhsem.colorado.govRed Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in Colorado

DenverColorado SpringsBoulderFort CollinsGrand JunctionDurango

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)