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Fires Near Indianapolis, IN

Live wildfire tracking around Indianapolis: 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 Indianapolis, IN

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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 3 active fires within 300 miles of Indianapolis, IN. None are inside Indianapolis city limits. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Indianapolis, IN in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Indpls - I-70 E monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 31).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 2 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 19 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: Indianapolis, IN. Bold outline: Indianapolis city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Indiana 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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Active fires near Indianapolis, IN

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Indianapolis

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

  1. Reynolds Cemetery Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · September 26, 2026

Historic fires near Indianapolis

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Coyote Fire
2007
1,549 acres · 31 mi away
Blackhawk Fire
2010
870 acres · 67 mi away
Illinois Beach
2015
750 acres · 98 mi away
Tracer Fire
2010
450 acres · 67 mi away
Big Oaks Range Fire
2003
300 acres · 67 mi away
Laser
2010
274 acres · 37 mi away

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Indiana? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.