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Fires Near Des Moines, IA

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

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Live risk assessment for Des Moines, IA

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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 17 active fires within 300 miles of Des Moines, IA. None are inside Des Moines city limits. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Des Moines, IA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the EAST HIGH monitor is good (AQI 30).

House pin: Des Moines, IA. Bold outline: Des Moines 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

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Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)3 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Des Moines, 0% of the 3 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 Des Moines, IA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Des Moines

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)

    30 hours ago · November 9, 2026

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

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

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

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026

  4. Corn Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1 acres (national perimeter feed)

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026

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

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026

Historic fires near Des Moines

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Green Ridge
2014
354 acres · 84 mi away
Donar
2014
320 acres · 25 mi away

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