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Live wildfire tracking around Chico: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.
Live risk assessment for Chico, CA
No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.
No evacuation order or warning covers Chico, CA in the official live feed, and none of the feeds we monitor show an active zone within 50 miles. Live zone status comes from Butte County Sheriff's Office, refreshed every 5 minutes. Live coverage here applies to Butte County; neighboring counties post notices through their own official channels. Counties assign a zone code to an address only when they activate a zone, so a quiet area has no code to show; if one is ever issued for this location, it appears here immediately.
House pin: Chico, CA. Bold outline: Chico city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.
Evacuation orders and warnings issued here appear on FireNearby within minutes and trigger our alerts.
Orders and warnings in the 13 counties without a feed appear on FireNearby only when Cal OES's statewide layer carries them, and not every county posts there. If you live in one, follow that county's official emergency channels.
Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 12:03PM PST until November 13 at 7:00PM PST by NWS Sacramento CA
South-Central Shasta County Including Redding Metro; Northern Sacramento Valley in Tehama County; Central Glenn County Including Interstate 5; Eastern Glenn Cou…
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So far in 2026, 126 acres have burned within 25 miles of Chico, <1% of the 60K 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.
Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.
| Fire | State | County | Distance | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Fire | CA | Butte | 12 mi | 0.0 acres | - | 2 days ago |
| Ponderosa Fire | CA | Butte | 31 mi | 0.1 acres | - | 2 days ago |
| Raintree Fire | CA | Nevada | 50 mi | 0.3 acres | - | 3 days ago |
| Mountaineer Fire | CA | Nevada | 53 mi | 0.2 acres | - | 2 days ago |
| Tahoe Fire | CA | Shasta | 54 mi | 0.5 acres | - | 28 hours ago |
| Bailey 2 Fire | CA | Plumas | 56 mi | 0.0 acres | - | 24 hours ago |
| Blue Knoll Fire | CA | Plumas | 57 mi | 0.4 acres | - | 2 days ago |
| Olinda Fire | CA | Shasta | 58 mi | 2.9 acres | - | 2 days ago |
| Airport 2 Fire | CA | Lassen | 59 mi | 0.3 acres | - | 24 hours ago |
| Lime Fire | CA | Nevada | 59 mi | 1.0 acres | - | 34 hours ago |
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Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Mountaineer Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88)
Oak Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N604PG, CFR93, CFR210)
Dukelana Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR612)
Taylor Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N464DF)
Peavine Fire · Now mapped at 150 acres
Pines Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88, CFR440)
Iowa Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR440, CFR89, CFR88)
Oak Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR93)
Acorn Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N429DF)
Pines Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88)
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