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Fires Near Philadelphia, PA

Live wildfire tracking around Philadelphia: 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
299 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Philadelphia, PA

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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 4 active fires within 300 miles of Philadelphia, PA, including 1 within 100 miles. None are inside Philadelphia city limits. The most significant is the Wild Boar Point fire, 299 miles away at 30 acres. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Philadelphia, PA in the past 12 hours.
The National Weather Service has 4 Wind Advisories and 1 High Wind Warning in effect covering the surrounding area. Air quality measured at the FAB monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 24).

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

Evacuation status

Pennsylvania 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.

Fires by distance

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5 active weather alerts
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:40AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Northern Fairfield; Northern New Haven; Eastern Passaic; Hudson; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex; Western Union; Eastern Union; Roc…

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

Inland Sussex; Western Monmouth; Ocean; Atlantic; Cape May; Southeastern Burlington

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

New Castle; Kent; Somerset; Middlesex; Mercer; Salem; Gloucester; Camden; Northwestern Burlington; Cumberland; Delaware; Philadelphia; Eastern Montgomery; Lower…

See active alerts at weather.gov
High Wind Warninguntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

High Wind Warning issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

Delaware Beaches; Eastern Monmouth; Atlantic Coastal Cape May; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

Morris; Hunterdon; Western Chester; Eastern Chester; Western Montgomery; Upper Bucks

See active alerts at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

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This season vs the last decade

<1% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)797 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Philadelphia, <1% of the 797 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Philadelphia, PA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Historic fires near Philadelphia

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Warren Grove
2007
17,270 acres · 48 mi away
Spring Hill Fire
2019
11,638 acres · 40 mi away
16 Mile
2016
8,032 acres · 87 mi away
Penn Swamp Fire
2017
3,577 acres · 34 mi away
Skunk Ridge
2002
2,600 acres · 43 mi away
Atsion
2007
2,450 acres · 29 mi away

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