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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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Air quality · Good

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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 5 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 23).

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.

Evacuation status

Iowa 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

0% of an average year
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.

Active fires near Des Moines, IA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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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

Wildfire history near you

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