Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 3:00 PM
Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 3:17AM EDT until September 26 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Inland Worcester; Maryland Beaches; Accomack; Northampton
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Maryland Wildfires: Live Fire Map
AQI 28Good air quality statewide
Current situation
Maryland
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
Dispatch reports (24h)
0
NWS alerts
1
No active wildfires are currently reported in Maryland. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
The National Weather Service has 1 Wind Advisory in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 22 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 28, peak 43).
No active fires in Maryland right now.
Bold outline: Maryland boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in Maryland
Maryland 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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Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
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Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
This season vs the last decade
120% of an average yearBurned so far in 20261.8K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)1.5K acres
So far in 2026, 1.8K acres have burned in Maryland, 120% of the 1.5K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
Active fires in Maryland
No active wildfires reported right now.
Wildfire history in Maryland
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
2025
Worst year · 4,597 acres
13
Fires / year · average
168
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
49
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$56K
Reported cost
From 62 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Acres burned by year
4,597
2,299
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'20
'25
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
698
349
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February and March account for 90% of the acreage burned in Maryland in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Fires recorded by year
Trend analysis
Over the last five years, Maryland averaged 2,557 acres burned and 18 fires per year. That is 414% up in acreage and 94% 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 Maryland? 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 Maryland
- Irish Creek20112,910 acres
- Guinea Marsh20072,537 acres
- Doctors Creek20092,124 acres
- Savanna Lake Complex20051,578 acres
- Beckers Island Fire20061,400 acres
Emergency resources for Maryland
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.
Red 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