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Illinois Wildfires: Live Fire Map

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Active fires
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Acres
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Under 50% contained
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Typical air quality · worst 55 near McCook
Current situation

Illinois

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
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New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
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Illinois currently has 1 active wildfire burning a combined 0 acres. The biggest is the Blake fire in Williamson County at 0 acres.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 50 monitoring stations is good (AQI 26); the worst reading right now is AQI 55 (moderate) near McCook.
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Bold outline: Illinois boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Illinois

Illinois does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

Is there a fire near me?

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This season vs the last decade

256% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026883 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)345 acres

So far in 2026, 883 acres have burned in Illinois, 256% of the 345 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Illinois

Wildfire history in Illinois

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2025
Worst year · 1,469 acres
27
Fires / year · average
347
Total fires · since 2014
Acres burned by year
1,469
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
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March and April account for 68% of the acreage burned in Illinois in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
24482014: 3 fires20142015: 17 fires2016: 13 fires20162017: 20 fires2018: 12 fires20182019: 17 fires2020: 28 fires20202021: 32 fires2022: 48 fires20222023: 27 fires2024: 43 fires20242025: 42 fires2026: 45 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Illinois averaged 681 acres burned and 41 fires per year. That is 222% up in acreage and 131% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Illinois? 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 Illinois

  • Pere Marquette20111,475 acres
  • Illinois Beach2015750 acres
  • Goose Lake2003600 acres
  • Zion2003450 acres
  • Grassy Knob2010409 acres

Fires near a city in Illinois

Chicago

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (114)Oregon (80)New Mexico (77)Oklahoma (64)Montana (59)