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Fires Near Colorado Springs, CO

Live wildfire tracking around Colorado Springs: 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 Colorado Springs, CO

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • Wind at the Willow fire (91 mi away) is blowing 13 mph E, roughly toward your location.
There are currently 81 active fires within 300 miles of Colorado Springs, CO, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Colorado Springs city limits. The most significant is the Aspen Acres fire, 58 miles away at 102,004 acres, 82% contained. Wind at the Willow fire is blowing 13 mph E, roughly toward Colorado Springs, CO. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Colorado Springs, CO in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 42 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Colorado College monitor is good (AQI 22).
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Colorado Springs, CO in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 42 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops. Aircraft currently broadcasting appear live on the map below via the Firefighting aircraft layer; tap any icon for its type and track.

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

Evacuation status

Colorado does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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109K acres
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164K acres
≤ 300 mi
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211K acres

This season vs the last decade

152% of an average year
Burned so far in 202616K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)10K acres

So far in 2026, 16K acres have burned within 25 miles of Colorado Springs, 152% of the 10K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Colorado Springs, CO

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Colorado Springs

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

  1. Basura Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N751BR)

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  2. Aspen Acres Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N3804C)

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Frijoles Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    42 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  4. Moonshine Fire · Containment rose to 74%

    42 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  5. Frijoles Fire · Containment rose to 84%

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  6. Rim Run Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (TKR806, TKR893)

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

  7. Tusas Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

  8. Perch Fire · New perimeter mapped at 58 acres (national perimeter feed)

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  9. Mimms Fire · New perimeter mapped at 7,093 acres (national perimeter feed)

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  10. Swiss Roll Fire · Containment rose to 36%

    6 days ago · September 20, 2026

Historic fires near Colorado Springs

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Hayman
2002
137,760 acres · 36 mi away
Spring Creek
2018
108,045 acres · 96 mi away
Aspen Acres
2026
102,004 acres · 51 mi away
Last Chance
2012
45,000 acres · 91 mi away

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