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Fires Near Redding, CA

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

31
Fires within 100 mi
77 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
31
Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Redding, CA

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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.

Evacuation status: no active zones

No evacuation orders or warnings are active within 50 miles of Redding, 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 122 active fires within 300 miles of Redding, CA, including 4 within 25 miles and 31 within 100 miles. None are inside Redding city limits. The most significant is the Mp18 fire, 77 miles away at 7,599 acres, 100% contained. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Redding, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 7 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Redding monitor 3 miles away is good (AQI 31).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 2 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 11 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.
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Redding, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 7 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: Redding, CA. Bold outline: Redding 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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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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4 acres
≤ 50 mi
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5 acres
≤ 100 mi
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13K acres
≤ 200 mi
78
125K acres
≤ 300 mi
122
1.6M acres

This season vs the last decade

2% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026857 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)45K acres

So far in 2026, 857 acres have burned within 25 miles of Redding, 2% of the 45K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Redding, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Redding

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

  1. Dome Fire · Grew 228 acres in 24 hours to 4,361 acres

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Highland Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Highland Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

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

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Grade 2 Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Redding

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

August Complex
2020
1,032,648 acres · 68 mi away · 1 death
Dixie
2021
963,309 acres · 73 mi away
Park
2024
429,603 acres · 62 mi away
North Complex
2020
318,935 acres · 84 mi away · 16 deaths
Carr
2018
229,651 acres · 13 mi away · 7 deaths
Monument
2021
223,124 acres · 51 mi away

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