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Fires Near Palm Springs, CA

Live wildfire tracking around Palm Springs: 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
45 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Palm Springs, CA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 45 miles away.

Evacuation status: no active zones

No evacuation orders or warnings are active within 50 miles of Palm Springs, CA. Live zone status comes from CAL FIRE / Cal OES, 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 138 active fires within 300 miles of Palm Springs, CA, including 2 within 25 miles and 71 within 100 miles. None are inside Palm Springs city limits. The most significant is the Juniper fire, 53 miles away at 73 acres. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles of Palm Springs, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 20 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. 6 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of Palm Springs, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 water-dropping airplane (air tanker or scooper) and 2 helicopters; the closest pass was 27 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Palm Springs monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 42).
Early signal: fresh dispatch activity nearby. Dispatch centers logged 1 new fire report within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 20 miles away. These logs usually appear minutes after the first 911 call, often before a fire is officially listed. Turn on the Dispatch reports layer on the map below and zoom in to see each one.
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 6 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of Palm Springs, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 water-dropping airplane (air tanker or scooper) and 2 helicopters; the closest pass was 27 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: Palm Springs, CA. Bold outline: Palm Springs 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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32 acres
≤ 100 mi
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137 acres
≤ 200 mi
115
247 acres
≤ 300 mi
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66K acres

This season vs the last decade

5% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026314 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)5.8K acres

So far in 2026, 314 acres have burned within 25 miles of Palm Springs, 5% of the 5.8K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Palm Springs, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Palm Springs

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

  1. Patton Ln Tem Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR72, CFR652, T73)

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Sandia Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Dorado Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR652, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Alamo Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC20, LAC18)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. LAC-345537 Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Lopez 2 Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (LAC18, LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Victor Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (LAC20)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Juniper Fire · 6 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N292NA, CUL561, T73)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Harvey Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Bdu/Juniper Fire · 7 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N292NA, N809PJ, TKR138)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Palm Springs

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Cedar
2003
273,246 acres · 59 mi away · 14 deaths
Witch
2007
197,990 acres · 62 mi away · 2 deaths
Station
2009
160,577 acres · 99 mi away
Bobcat
2020
115,997 acres · 86 mi away

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