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Fires Near Columbus, OH

Live wildfire tracking around Columbus: 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 · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Columbus, OH

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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 is currently 1 active fire within 300 miles of Columbus, OH. None are inside Columbus city limits. The most significant is the Jumping Branch fire, 296 miles away at 420 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Columbus, OH in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Fairgrounds monitor 3 miles away is moderate (AQI 52).

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

Evacuation status

Ohio 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

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This season vs the last decade

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

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

Active fires near Columbus, OH

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Columbus

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

  1. Jumping Branch Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · September 17, 2026

Historic fires near Columbus

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Shawnee Complex
2009
2,865 acres · 89 mi away
Peach Orchard
2003
1,016 acres · 83 mi away
Crown City Complex
2002
706 acres · 99 mi away
Buckhorn Fire
2017
390 acres · 92 mi away
Park Cabin
2010
355 acres · 42 mi away
Wilderness
2005
332 acres · 50 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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