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No active wildfires currently reported in Kansas. NIFC/IRWIN data.
No active wildfires are currently reported in Kansas. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites. The National Weather Service has 20 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 31).
Bold outline: Kansas boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:23PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Trego; Scott; Lane; Ness; Hamilton; Kearny; Finney; Hodgeman; Stanton; Grant; Haskell; Gray; Ford; Morton; Stevens; Seward; Meade; Clark
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:23PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Ellis; Rush; Pawnee; Stafford; Edwards; Kiowa; Pratt; Comanche; Barber
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:23PM CDT until August 12 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Ellis; Rush; Pawnee; Stafford; Edwards; Kiowa; Pratt; Comanche; Barber
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Osborne; Mitchell
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Jewell
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Rooks
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Phillips; Smith
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Jewell
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:14PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Osborne; Mitchell
Read full alert at weather.govExtreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 12:09PM CDT until August 14 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Cloud; Clay; Riley; Pottawatomie; Jackson; Jefferson; Ottawa; Dickinson; Geary; Morris; Wabaunsee; Shawnee; Douglas; Lyon; Osage; Franklin; Coffey; Anderson
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:09PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Nemaha; Brown
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:09PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Republic; Washington; Marshall
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:48AM CDT until August 13 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Doniphan; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston
Read full alert at weather.govExtreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 11:48AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Atchison; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette
Read full alert at weather.govExtreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 11:48AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Miami; Linn; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
Read full alert at weather.govExtreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 11:19AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO
Bourbon; Crawford; Cherokee; Benton; Morgan; Miller; Maries; Vernon; St. Clair; Hickory; Camden; Barton; Cedar; Polk; Dallas; Jasper; Dade; Newton; Lawrence; Mc…
Read full alert at weather.govExtreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 11:18AM CDT until August 14 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Russell; Lincoln; Barton; Ellsworth; Saline; Rice; McPherson; Marion; Chase; Reno; Harvey; Butler; Greenwood; Woodson; Allen; Kingman; Sedgwick; Harper; Sumner;…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:16AM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Decatur; Norton
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:16AM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Thomas; Sheridan; Graham; Wallace; Logan; Gove; Greeley; Wichita
Read full alert at weather.govThe Extreme Heat Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Springfield MO on this developing situation.
Bourbon; Crawford; Cherokee; Benton; Morgan; Miller; Maries; Vernon; St. Clair; Hickory; Camden; Barton; Cedar; Polk; Dallas; Jasper; Dade; Newton; Lawrence; Mc…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 184K acres have burned in Kansas, 193% of the 95K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
No active wildfires reported right now.
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 369 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Kansas averaged 65K acres burned and 53 fires per year. That is 38% down in acreage and 5% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.
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