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Fires Near New Orleans, LA

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

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Fires within 100 mi
89 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for New Orleans, LA

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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 32 active fires within 300 miles of New Orleans, LA, including 3 within 100 miles. None are inside New Orleans city limits. The most significant is the Range 47B fire, 96 miles away at 800 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of New Orleans, LA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the I-610 New Orleans Near Road monitor 4 miles away is moderate (AQI 59).

House pin: New Orleans, LA. Bold outline: New Orleans 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

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1,320 acres
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2,816 acres
≤ 300 mi
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26K acres

This season vs the last decade

43% of an average year
Burned so far in 202658 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)134 acres

So far in 2026, 58 acres have burned within 25 miles of New Orleans, 43% of the 134 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 New Orleans, LA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near New Orleans

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

  1. Sabine 9903 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Sabine 9903 Fire · Containment rose to 60%

    7 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  3. Sabine 9900 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. Sabine 9900 Fire · Containment rose to 95%

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Rusk 9882 Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    2 days ago · November 9, 2026

  6. Rusk 9882 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · November 9, 2026

  7. Hwy 541 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · November 7, 2026

  8. South Line Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

  9. A G Taylor Lane Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  10. A G Taylor Lane Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

Historic fires near New Orleans

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Bacon Branch
2006
3,500 acres · 48 mi away
Ditch Cricket
2017
3,180 acres · 99 mi away
Sandy Fox Fire
2006
3,000 acres · 61 mi away
Barracuda
2008
2,640 acres · 98 mi away
Lipstick
2008
2,354 acres · 99 mi away
Ball Goal
2008
2,174 acres · 98 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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