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Indiana Wildfires: Live Fire Map

AQI 22Good typical air quality, worst 52 near Gary-IITRI
Current situation

Indiana

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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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No active wildfires are currently reported in Indiana. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 54 monitoring stations is good (AQI 22); the worst reading right now is AQI 52 (moderate) near Gary-IITRI.
No active fires in Indiana right now.

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

Evacuation status in Indiana

Indiana 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.

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This season vs the last decade

26% of an average year
Burned so far in 202678 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)305 acres

So far in 2026, 78 acres have burned in Indiana, 26% of the 305 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Indiana

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in Indiana

All reported wildfires since 2015, NIFC interagency records.

2022
Worst year · 1,321 acres
34
Fires / year · average
407
Total fires · since 2015
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
1
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$29K
Reported cost

From 21 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
1,321
661
'15
'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
97
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October and November account for 58% of the acreage burned in Indiana in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
30602015: 11 fires20152016: 20 fires2017: 31 fires20172018: 22 fires2019: 36 fires20192020: 31 fires2021: 37 fires20212022: 49 fires2023: 53 fires20232024: 60 fires2025: 32 fires20252026: 25 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Indiana averaged 412 acres burned and 44 fires per year. That is 170% up in acreage and 63% up in fire count versus the 2015–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

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

  • Coyote Fire20071,549 acres
  • Blackhawk Fire2010870 acres
  • New Washington Fire1999664 acres
  • Chrisney1999640 acres
  • Tracer Fire2010450 acres

Fires near a city in Indiana

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