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Fires Near Denver, CO

Live wildfire tracking around Denver: 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 Denver, 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 (85 mi away) is blowing 13 mph E, roughly toward your location.
There are currently 72 active fires within 300 miles of Denver, CO, including 1 within 100 miles. None are inside Denver city limits. The most significant is the Willow fire, 85 miles away at 7,389 acres, 80% contained. Wind at the Willow fire is blowing 13 mph E, roughly toward Denver, CO. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Denver, CO in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway monitor is good (AQI 21).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 6 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 15 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

House pin: Denver, CO. Bold outline: Denver 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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7,389 acres
≤ 200 mi
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171K acres
≤ 300 mi
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204K acres

This season vs the last decade

24% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026231 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)948 acres

So far in 2026, 231 acres have burned within 25 miles of Denver, 24% of the 948 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Denver, CO

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Denver

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)

    13 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    13 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Frijoles Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    38 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  4. Moonshine Fire · Containment rose to 74%

    38 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  5. Frijoles Fire · Containment rose to 84%

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  6. Pugsley Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1 acres (national perimeter feed)

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

  8. Tusas Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

  9. Swiss Roll Fire · Containment rose to 36%

    6 days ago · September 20, 2026

  10. Needles Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    6 days ago · September 19, 2026

Historic fires near Denver

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Cameron Peak
2020
208,913 acres · 76 mi away
East Troublesome
2020
193,812 acres · 73 mi away · 2 deaths
Hayman
2002
137,760 acres · 53 mi away
High Park
2012
87,284 acres · 63 mi away · 1 death
Last Chance
2012
45,000 acres · 74 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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