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Fires Near Sacramento, CA

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

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Sacramento, 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.

  • The nearest fire is 31 miles away.

Evacuation status: no active zones

No evacuation orders or warnings are active within 50 miles of Sacramento, 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 119 active fires within 300 miles of Sacramento, CA, including 30 within 100 miles. None are inside Sacramento city limits. The most significant is the Lucas fire, 93 miles away at 4,128 acres, 100% contained. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 4 new fire reports within 30 miles of Sacramento, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 3 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Sacramento, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 40 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Downtown Sacramento - T Street monitor is good (AQI 31).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 3 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 18 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.
Early signal: fresh dispatch activity nearby. Dispatch centers logged 4 new fire reports within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 3 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. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of Sacramento, CA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 40 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: Sacramento, CA. Bold outline: Sacramento 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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61 acres
≤ 100 mi
30
6,440 acres
≤ 200 mi
74
122K acres
≤ 300 mi
119
252K acres

This season vs the last decade

6% of an average year
Burned so far in 202661 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)947 acres

So far in 2026, 61 acres have burned within 25 miles of Sacramento, 6% of the 947 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Sacramento, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Sacramento

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

    13 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Highland Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    13 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Highland Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    13 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Timber Fire · Mapped size revised down to 25,341 acres (from 25,513)

    14 hours ago · September 26, 2026

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

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Harvey Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Grade 2 Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    17 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Timber Fire · Evacuation status lifted for zone MRY-F028-B

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near Sacramento

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Dixie
2021
963,309 acres · 90 mi away
Mendocino Complex
2018
459,123 acres · 98 mi away · 1 death
Park
2024
429,603 acres · 87 mi away
Scu Lightning Complex
2020
396,624 acres · 80 mi away
Lnu Lightning Complex
2020
363,220 acres · 81 mi away · 5 deaths
Caldor
2021
221,835 acres · 54 mi away

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