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Wisconsin Wildfires: Live Fire Map

15 active wildfires burning 3.1 acres in Wisconsin right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

15
Active fires
3
Acres
0
Under 50% contained
64
Air quality · Moderate

Current situation in Wisconsin

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
2
NWS alerts
0

Wisconsin currently has 15 active wildfires burning a combined 3 acres. The biggest is the Clover Rd fire in Portage County at 1 acres. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is moderate (AQI 64).

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

This season vs the last decade

108% of an average year
Burned so far in 20261.0K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)956 acres

So far in 2026, 1.0K acres have burned in Wisconsin, 108% of the 956 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Wisconsin

Wildfire history in Wisconsin

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2025
Worst year · 3,123 acres
287
Fires / year · average
3,736
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
214
Structures destroyed
15
Lives lost
$1.5M
Reported cost

From 134 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
6341.3K2014: 11 fires20142015: 58 fires2016: 21 fires20162017: 26 fires2018: 33 fires20182019: 43 fires2020: 47 fires20202021: 60 fires2022: 66 fires20222023: 70 fires2024: 1.2K fires20242025: 1.3K fires2026: 832 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Wisconsin averaged 1,552 acres burned and 687 fires per year. That is 199% up in acreage and 1739% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in Wisconsin

  • Cottonville Incident200590 structures destroyed3,410 acres
  • Pioneer Fire20071 structure destroyed1,167 acres
  • Cold Springs Fire2009617 acres
  • Foxboro Fire2007590 acres
  • Crystal Lake20037 structures destroyed572 acres

Emergency resources for Wisconsin

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

Red 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 Wisconsin

Milwaukee

Nearby states

California (108)Oregon (93)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)