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Fires Near Louisville, KY

Live wildfire tracking around Louisville: 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 Louisville, KY

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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.

  • 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 Louisville, KY. None are inside Louisville city limits. The most significant is the Jumping Branch fire, 265 miles away at 420 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Louisville, KY in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Jeffersonville - Bates-Bowyer Av monitor 3 miles away is good (AQI 26).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 4 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 9 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: Louisville, KY. Bold outline: Louisville city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Kentucky 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

185% of an average year
Burned so far in 202614 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)7 acres

So far in 2026, 14 acres have burned within 25 miles of Louisville, 185% of the 7 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Louisville, KY

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Louisville

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

  2. Hardeman - Newcastle Drive Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  3. Hardeman - Newcastle Drive Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  4. Tishomingo Cr 27 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · September 17, 2026

  5. Jumping Branch Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · September 17, 2026

Historic fires near Louisville

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Coyote Fire
2007
1,549 acres · 77 mi away
Blackhawk Fire
2010
870 acres · 55 mi away
Tracer Fire
2010
450 acres · 54 mi away
Meridian Fire
2012
418 acres · 87 mi away
Winslow Spoils
2006
365 acres · 80 mi away
Interlake Mine
2006
356 acres · 79 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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