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Fires Near Medford, OR

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

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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Medford, OR

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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.

Evacuation status: no active zones

No evacuation orders or warnings are active within 50 miles of Medford, OR. Live zone status comes from Oregon OEM, refreshed every 5 minutes. Counties assign a zone code to an address only when they activate a zone, so a quiet area has no code to show; if one is ever issued for this location, it appears here immediately.

There are currently 134 active fires within 300 miles of Medford, OR, including 4 within 25 miles and 22 within 100 miles. None are inside Medford city limits. The most significant is the Wrights Spring fire, 60 miles away at 55,134 acres, 97% contained. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Medford, OR in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 9 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Medford Jackson Park monitor is good (AQI 10).
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Medford, OR in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 9 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops. Aircraft currently broadcasting appear live on the map below via the Firefighting aircraft layer; tap any icon for its type and track.

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

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Fires by distance

City limits
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2 acres
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63K acres
≤ 200 mi
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405K acres
≤ 300 mi
134
2.9M acres

This season vs the last decade

497% of an average year
Burned so far in 202617K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)3.3K acres

So far in 2026, 17K acres have burned within 25 miles of Medford, 497% of the 3.3K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Medford, OR

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Medford

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

  1. Highland Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Highland Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Irish Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR91, CFR658)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Goni Fire · Grew 22 acres in about an hour to 25 acres

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. Goni Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N721HT)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Grade 2 Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Oxyoke Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR210, CFR93)

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Ford Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR613)

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Goni Fire · Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Stallion Fire · Red Flag Warning in effect for the fire area

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Medford

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Biscuit (formerly Florence)
2002
499,570 acres · 51 mi away
Bootleg
2021
413,717 acres · 79 mi away
Chetco Bar
2017
191,125 acres · 55 mi away
Klondike
2018
175,258 acres · 50 mi away
Slater
2020
157,270 acres · 41 mi away · 2 deaths
Haypress
2021
155,752 acres · 82 mi away

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