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Colorado Wildfires: Live Fire Map
Colorado
Bold outline: Colorado boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in Colorado
Orders and warnings in the 59 counties without a feed will not appear on FireNearby. If you live in one, follow that county's official emergency channels.
- Adams
- Alamosa
- Arapahoe
- Archuleta
- Baca
- Bent
- Broomfield
- Chaffee
- Cheyenne
- Clear Creek
- Conejos
- Costilla
- Crowley
- Custer
- Delta
- Denver
- Dolores
- Eagle
- El Paso
- Elbert
- Fremont
- Garfield
- Gilpin
- Gunnison
- Hinsdale
- Huerfano
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Kiowa
- Kit Carson
- La Plata
- Lake
- Las Animas
- Lincoln
- Logan
- Mesa
- Mineral
- Moffat
- Montezuma
- Montrose
- Morgan
- Otero
- Ouray
- Park
- Phillips
- Pitkin
- Prowers
- Pueblo
- Rio Blanco
- Rio Grande
- Saguache
- San Juan
- San Miguel
- Sedgwick
- Summit
- Teller
- Washington
- Weld
- Yuma
- Boulder
- Douglas
- Grand
- Larimer
- Routt
5 official sources, checked every 5 minutes
- Boulder County Emergency Management
- Larimer County Emergency Management
- Routt County Emergency Management
- Grand County Emergency Management
- Douglas County 911
No zone in these feeds is under an evacuation order or warning right now. If one is issued, it will appear here and on the map above.
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This season vs the last decade
188% of normal for Nov 10So far in 2026, 344K acres have burned in Colorado, 188% of the 183K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 186K acres.
Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.
Active fires in Colorado
- 96%Aspen Acres FireCuster102,007 acres5 days ago
- 100%Ferris FireMontezuma64,881 acres19 days ago
- 92%Gold Mountain FireOuray39,747 acres30 hours ago
- 92%Willow FireLake7,359 acres5 days ago
- 90%Elk FireHinsdale7,257 acres30 hours ago
- 100%Keystone FireRio Blanco3,042 acres8 days ago
- 100%P-L Gulch FireRio Blanco1,580 acres8 days ago
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Acres Fire | Custer | 102,007 acres | 96% | 5 days ago |
| Ferris Fire | Montezuma | 64,881 acres | 100% | 19 days ago |
| Gold Mountain Fire | Ouray | 39,747 acres | 92% | 30 hours ago |
| Willow Fire | Lake | 7,359 acres | 92% | 5 days ago |
| Elk Fire | Hinsdale | 7,257 acres | 90% | 30 hours ago |
| Keystone Fire | Rio Blanco | 3,042 acres | 100% | 8 days ago |
| P-L Gulch Fire | Rio Blanco | 1,580 acres | 100% | 8 days ago |
Latest fire updates in Colorado
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Aspen Acres Fire · Containment rose to 96%
12 days ago · October 29, 2026Ferris Fire · New perimeter mapped at 64,881 acres (national perimeter feed)
19 days ago · October 22, 2026Ferris Fire · Fire reported 100% contained
19 days ago · October 22, 2026Aspen Acres Fire · Containment rose to 90%
28 days ago · October 13, 2026Willow Fire · Containment rose to 92%
28 days ago · October 13, 2026Keystone Fire · New perimeter mapped at 3,042 acres (national perimeter feed)
36 days ago · October 5, 2026Keystone Fire · Fire reported 100% contained
36 days ago · October 5, 2026P-L Gulch Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1,580 acres (national perimeter feed)
36 days ago · October 5, 2026P-L Gulch Fire · Fire reported 100% contained
36 days ago · October 5, 2026Elk Fire · Containment rose to 90%
40 days ago · October 1, 2026Aspen Acres Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N3804C)
46 days ago · September 25, 2026Willow Fire · Mapped size revised down to 7,390 acres (from 7,534)
60 days ago · September 11, 2026
Wildfire history in Colorado
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 833 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
June through August account for 61% of the acreage burned in Colorado in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Over the last five years, Colorado averaged 150K acres burned and 1,009 fires per year. That is 20% down in acreage and 7% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Colorado? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
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.