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Fires Near Little Rock, AR

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

6
Fires within 100 mi
44 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
114
Air quality · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

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Live risk assessment for Little Rock, AR

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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.

  • The nearest fire is 44 miles away.
  • Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (AQI 114); sensitive groups should take care.
There are currently 115 active fires within 300 miles of Little Rock, AR, including 6 within 100 miles. None are inside Little Rock city limits. The most significant is the Bunker fire, 83 miles away at 2,849 acres, 95% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Little Rock, AR in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the PARR monitor is unhealthy for sensitive groups (AQI 114).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 76 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 14 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: Little Rock, AR. Bold outline: Little Rock city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Arkansas 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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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
1
12 acres
≤ 100 mi
6
3,214 acres
≤ 200 mi
51
8,951 acres
≤ 300 mi
115
14K acres

This season vs the last decade

497% of an average year
Burned so far in 20261.1K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)231 acres

So far in 2026, 1.1K acres have burned within 25 miles of Little Rock, 497% of the 231 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Little Rock, AR

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Little Rock

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

  1. Iron Lake Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Lake Ranch Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Carroll- Cr 62 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Iron Lake Fire · Containment rose to 25%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. Gregg 8965 Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Cass 8975 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Cass 8975 Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Slab Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    20 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Cedar Hollow Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    20 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Cedar Hollow Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    21 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Little Rock

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

No Man's Land
2006
8,294 acres · 91 mi away
Flatside
2006
4,675 acres · 42 mi away
Big Point
2016
4,122 acres · 78 mi away
Camp
2010
3,750 acres · 9 mi away
Sulpher Mountain Wfu
2006
3,739 acres · 89 mi away
Potato Hill
2007
3,481 acres · 79 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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