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Fires Near Chicago, IL

Live wildfire tracking around Chicago: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Chicago, IL

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 26 active fires within 300 miles of Chicago, IL. None are inside Chicago city limits. The most significant is the Tower fire, 269 miles away at 11 acres. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Chicago, IL in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the CHI_SP monitor 5 miles away is good (AQI 35).

House pin: Chicago, IL. Bold outline: Chicago city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

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This season vs the last decade

0% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)17 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Chicago, 0% of the 17 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near Chicago, IL

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Chicago

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Marion Fire · New perimeter mapped at 0 acres (national perimeter feed)

    31 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  2. Mark Ridge Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · November 6, 2026

  3. Lynx Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1 acres (national perimeter feed)

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

  4. Springbrook Fire · Mapped size revised down to 2 acres (from 5)

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026

  5. Tower Fire · New perimeter mapped at 11 acres (national perimeter feed)

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026

  6. Tower Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)

    18 days ago · October 23, 2026

  7. Kernel Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1 acres (national perimeter feed)

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026

  8. County Z Fire · New perimeter mapped at 2 acres (national perimeter feed)

    21 days ago · October 20, 2026

  9. County Z 1 Fire · New perimeter mapped at 3 acres (national perimeter feed)

    21 days ago · October 20, 2026

Historic fires near Chicago

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Goose Lake
2003
600 acres · 50 mi away
Rock Co. Fire
2016
500 acres · 97 mi away
Zion
2003
450 acres · 37 mi away
Bingo Fire - Douglas Center
2002
395 acres · 27 mi away
Railroad
2012
291 acres · 27 mi away
Illinois Beach
2005
238 acres · 40 mi away

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.