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Fires Near Yakima, WA

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

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Yakima, 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 20 miles away but mostly contained.
  • Wind at the 0584 Cottonwood fire (79 mi away) is blowing 12 mph NE, roughly toward your location.
There are currently 150 active fires within 300 miles of Yakima, WA, including 1 within 25 miles and 20 within 100 miles. None are inside Yakima city limits. The most significant is the Hay Creek Complex fire, 92 miles away at 200,292 acres, 100% contained. Wind at the 0584 Cottonwood fire is blowing 12 mph NE, roughly toward Yakima, WA. 2 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of Yakima, WA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 3 miles away. Fire traffic includes reconnaissance and repositioning flights as well as water drops.
Air quality measured at the Yakima-S 9th St monitor is good (AQI 5).
Firefighting aircraft active nearby. 2 aircraft assigned to fire traffic have flown within 50 miles of Yakima, WA in the past 12 hours, including 1 helicopter; the closest pass was 3 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: Yakima, WA. Bold outline: Yakima 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

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3,000 acres
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559K acres
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2.3M acres
≤ 300 mi
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3.1M acres

This season vs the last decade

100% of an average year
Burned so far in 202643K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)43K acres

So far in 2026, 43K acres have burned within 25 miles of Yakima, 100% of the 43K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Yakima, WA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Yakima

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. Stevens Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N410TD)

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. North Trapper Fire · Official update: MTBRF Piquett Creek Planned Prescribed Burn

    28 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    36 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  7. Porcupine Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene

    38 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  8. North Trapper Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N101HX)

    43 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  9. North Fork Lost Horse Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N101HX)

    43 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

Historic fires near Yakima

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Range 12
2016
176,600 acres · 15 mi away
Little Giant
2026
172,891 acres · 97 mi away
Lone Rock
2024
137,214 acres · 95 mi away
Schneider Springs
2021
107,322 acres · 35 mi away

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