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Fires Near San Jose, CA

Live wildfire tracking around San Jose: 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
78 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for San Jose, 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 San Jose, 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 133 active fires within 300 miles of San Jose, CA, including 3 within 25 miles and 15 within 100 miles. None are inside San Jose city limits. The most significant is the Timber fire, 78 miles away at 25,341 acres, 59% contained. In roughly the last 12 hours, dispatch centers logged 3 new fire reports within 30 miles of San Jose, CA; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is 5 miles away. Reports like these usually appear minutes after the first 911 call. 2 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of San Jose, CA in the past 12 hours, including 2 helicopters; the closest pass was 10 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the San Jose - Jackson St. monitor is good (AQI 36).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 6 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 8 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 3 new fire reports within 30 miles in roughly the last 12 hours; the nearest, a roadside fire report, is about 5 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. 2 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of San Jose, CA in the past 12 hours, including 2 helicopters; the closest pass was 10 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: San Jose, CA. Bold outline: San Jose 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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0 acres
≤ 50 mi
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1 acres
≤ 100 mi
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26K acres
≤ 200 mi
64
81K acres
≤ 300 mi
133
164K acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 20261.4K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)49K acres

So far in 2026, 1.4K acres have burned within 25 miles of San Jose, 3% of the 49K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near San Jose, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near San Jose

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)

    13 hours ago · September 26, 2026

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

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Harvey Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    14 hours ago · September 25, 2026

Historic fires near San Jose

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Scu Lightning Complex
2020
396,624 acres · 19 mi away
Basin Complex
2008
162,818 acres · 79 mi away
Soberanes
2016
132,127 acres · 61 mi away · 1 death
Dolan
2020
124,924 acres · 86 mi away
Central Lnu Complex
2017
110,720 acres · 88 mi away · 24 deaths

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