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Fires Near South Lake Tahoe, CA

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

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140 mi
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for South Lake Tahoe, CA

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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 77 active fires within 300 miles of South Lake Tahoe, CA, including 28 within 100 miles. None are inside South Lake Tahoe city limits. The most significant is the Peavine fire, 140 miles away at 150 acres. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of South Lake Tahoe, CA in the past 12 hours; the closest pass was 47 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the South Lake Tahoe - Sandy Way monitor is good (AQI 8).
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 1 aircraft assigned to fire traffic has flown within 50 miles of South Lake Tahoe, CA in the past 12 hours; the closest pass was 47 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: South Lake Tahoe, CA. Bold outline: South Lake Tahoe city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

No evacuation feed for this area

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South Lake Tahoe is in El Dorado CountyNo live feed

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Fires by distance

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2 acres
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15 acres
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193 acres
≤ 300 mi
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74K acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026333 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)13K acres

So far in 2026, 333 acres have burned within 25 miles of South Lake Tahoe, 3% of the 13K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near South Lake Tahoe, CA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near South Lake Tahoe

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

  1. Mountaineer Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88)

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Oak Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (N604PG, CFR93, CFR210)

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  3. Dukelana Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR612)

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. Taylor Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N464DF)

    10 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Peavine Fire · Now mapped at 150 acres

    30 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  6. Pines Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88, CFR440)

    30 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  7. Iowa Fire · 3 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR440, CFR89, CFR88)

    31 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  8. Oak Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (CFR93)

    31 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  9. Acorn Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N429DF)

    34 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  10. Pines Fire · 2 firefighting aircraft working this fire (CFR89, CFR88)

    2 days ago · November 9, 2026

Historic fires near South Lake Tahoe

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Dixie
2021
963,309 acres · 99 mi away
North Complex
2020
318,935 acres · 94 mi away · 16 deaths
Caldor
2021
221,835 acres · 35 mi away
Camp
2018
153,336 acres · 99 mi away · 85 deaths
Sugar
2021
105,076 acres · 65 mi away

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