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Fires Near San Diego, CA

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

37
Fires within 100 mi
77 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for San Diego, 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.

  • A zone about 13 miles away remains under a standing Evacuation Order from a past incident, last updated by officials on Aug 17; no active fire is nearby, and it does not affect this location.

Evacuation status

San Diego, CA is not inside an active evacuation zone, but a zone is active within 50 miles:

  • Evacuation OrderSDC-1444-ASan Diego County13 mi away

Zone status from CAL FIRE / Cal OES, refreshed every 5 minutes; every active zone is also shaded on the map below. Zone codes like SDC-1444-A are the official identifiers county emergency managers use in alerts. Counties only publish a zone once they activate it, so your address shows a zone code here the moment one applies to it.

There are currently 121 active fires within 300 miles of San Diego, CA, including 3 within 25 miles and 37 within 100 miles. None are inside San Diego city limits. The most significant is the Gustin fire, 77 miles away at 30 acres. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 2 new fire reports within 30 miles of San Diego, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 2 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of San Diego, CA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the San Diego - Sherman Elementary School monitor is moderate (AQI 61).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 7 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 9 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 2 new fire reports within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 2 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.

House pin: San Diego, CA. Bold outline: San Diego 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
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0 acres
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1 acres
≤ 100 mi
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32 acres
≤ 200 mi
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245 acres
≤ 300 mi
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281 acres

This season vs the last decade

17% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026204 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)1.2K acres

So far in 2026, 204 acres have burned within 25 miles of San Diego, 17% of the 1.2K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near San Diego, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near San Diego

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

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

    15 hours ago · September 26, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Juniper Fire · Grew 58 acres in 2 hours to 65 acres

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near San Diego

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Cedar
2003
273,246 acres · 31 mi away · 14 deaths
Witch
2007
197,990 acres · 28 mi away · 2 deaths

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