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Arizona Wildfires: Live Fire Map

23 active wildfires burning 4,225 acres in Arizona right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

23
Active fires
4,225
Acres
6
Under 50% contained
56
Air quality · Moderate

Current situation in Arizona

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
1
New fires (48h)
13
NWS alerts
0

Arizona currently has 23 active wildfires burning a combined 4,225 acres. One of them is a large incident of 1,000+ acres, all of them at or above 50%. The biggest is the Island fire in La Paz County at 3,145 acres, 95% contained. 13 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 56).

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

This season vs the last decade

16% of an average year
Burned so far in 202661K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)384K acres

So far in 2026, 61K acres have burned in Arizona, 16% of the 384K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Arizona

Wildfire history in Arizona

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2020
Worst year · 983K acres
1,826
Fires / year · average
24K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
995
Structures destroyed
8
Lives lost
$1.3B
Reported cost

From 1,283 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
1.2K2.5K2014: 948 fires20142015: 1.6K fires2016: 2.1K fires20162017: 2.3K fires2018: 2.1K fires20182019: 2.0K fires2020: 2.5K fires20202021: 1.7K fires2022: 1.5K fires20222023: 1.9K fires2024: 2.3K fires20242025: 1.6K fires2026: 1.3K fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Arizona averaged 215K acres burned and 1,703 fires per year. That is 46% down in acreage and 10% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.

Largest fires on record in Arizona

  • Wallow201172 structures destroyed538,049 acres
  • Rodeo/Chediski Complex200231 structures destroyed468,638 acres
  • Cave Creek Complex200511 structures destroyed248,310 acres
  • Horseshoe 2201123 structures destroyed222,954 acres
  • Bush2020193,455 acres

Emergency resources for Arizona

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

Arizona Emergency Information NetworkEvacuationsOfficial statewide emergency news and evacuation updates.ein.az.govArizona DEMAAlertsDepartment of Emergency & Military Affairs.dema.az.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 Arizona

PhoenixTucsonFlagstaffPrescottSedona

Nearby states

California (110)Oregon (93)Washington (40)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Idaho (21)