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Fires Near Tacoma, WA

Live wildfire tracking around Tacoma: 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
40 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
34
Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Tacoma, WA

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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 40 miles away.
There are currently 120 active fires within 300 miles of Tacoma, WA, including 14 within 100 miles. None are inside Tacoma city limits. The most significant is the Little Giant fire, 91 miles away at 172,891 acres, 81% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Tacoma, WA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Tacoma-S 36th St monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 34).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 11 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 20 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.

House pin: Tacoma, WA. Bold outline: Tacoma city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Washington does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
3
776 acres
≤ 100 mi
14
191K acres
≤ 200 mi
68
1.7M acres
≤ 300 mi
120
2.4M acres

This season vs the last decade

10% of an average year
Burned so far in 202612 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)118 acres

So far in 2026, 12 acres have burned within 25 miles of Tacoma, 10% of the 118 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Tacoma, WA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Tacoma

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

  1. Second Street Fire · Grew 149 acres in 2 hours to 1,149 acres

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Second Street Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Nine Canyon Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Sisi Fire · Grew 117 acres in 23 hours to 4,275 acres

    36 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  5. King Fire · Grew 131 acres in 12 days to 3,409 acres

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  6. Goat Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  7. Sisi Fire · New perimeter mapped at 4,169 acres (national perimeter feed)

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  8. High Lava Fire · Containment rose to 85%

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  9. Three Queens Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N565E)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  10. Hagen Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N911CV)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

Historic fires near Tacoma

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Little Giant
2026
172,891 acres · 90 mi away
Schneider Springs
2021
107,322 acres · 67 mi away

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