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Fires Near Wichita, KS

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

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Live risk assessment for Wichita, KS

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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 8 active fires within 300 miles of Wichita, KS. None are inside Wichita city limits. The most significant is the Ranger Road fire, 184 miles away at 283,283 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Wichita, KS in the past 12 hours.
Air quality at this location is good (AQI 25).

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

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This season vs the last decade

0% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)291 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Wichita, 0% of the 291 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 Wichita, KS

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Wichita

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

  1. Ranger Road Fire · New perimeter mapped at 278,899 acres (national perimeter feed)

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

  2. Ranger Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

  3. Old Deer Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026

  4. Redbud Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  5. Redbud Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  6. East Bailey Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    13 days ago · October 29, 2026

  7. East Bailey Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    13 days ago · October 29, 2026

  8. Redbud Fire · Grew 58 acres in 7 hours to 198 acres

    13 days ago · October 28, 2026

  9. Redbud Fire · Containment rose to 70%

    13 days ago · October 28, 2026

  10. Old Deer Fire · Containment rose to 98%

    78 days ago · August 24, 2026

Historic fires near Wichita

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Barber County
2008
38,400 acres · 87 mi away
Freguson Ranch
2016
25,650 acres · 49 mi away
Burmac
2016
14,000 acres · 32 mi away
254 Fire
2006
10,700 acres · 25 mi away
Twelth Street
2006
8,800 acres · 32 mi away

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