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Fires Near Durango, CO

Live wildfire tracking around Durango: 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 Durango, CO

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 50 miles away.
There are currently 21 active fires within 300 miles of Durango, CO, including 3 within 100 miles. None are inside Durango city limits. The most significant is the Ferris fire, 50 miles away at 64,881 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Durango, CO in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Ute 3 monitor 12 miles away is good (AQI 31).

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

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Durango is in La Plata CountyNo live feed

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Fires by distance

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65K acres
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112K acres
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264K acres
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430K acres

This season vs the last decade

5% of an average year
Burned so far in 202647 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)1.0K acres

So far in 2026, 47 acres have burned within 25 miles of Durango, 5% of the 1.0K 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 Durango, CO

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Latest updates on fires near Durango

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

  1. Snyder Fire · Grew 1,938 acres in 66 days to 30,202 acres

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026
  2. Snyder Fire · New perimeter mapped at 18,123 acres (national perimeter feed)

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026
  3. Slough Canyon Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026
  4. Slough Canyon Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026
  5. Aspen Acres Fire · Containment rose to 96%

    12 days ago · October 29, 2026
  6. Ferris Fire · New perimeter mapped at 64,881 acres (national perimeter feed)

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026
  7. Ferris Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    19 days ago · October 22, 2026
  8. Line Fire · New perimeter mapped at 1,202 acres (national perimeter feed)

    20 days ago · October 21, 2026
  9. Slough Canyon Fire · Containment rose to 95%

    21 days ago · October 20, 2026
  10. Beehive Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    22 days ago · October 19, 2026

Historic fires near Durango

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Missionary Ridge
2002
70,485 acres · 17 mi away · 1 death
Ferris
2026
64,881 acres · 52 mi away
416
2018
54,129 acres · 13 mi away

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