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Nebraska Wildfires: Live Fire Map

AQI 19Good air quality statewide
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No active wildfires are currently reported in Nebraska. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality is good across all 9 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 19, peak 32).
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No active fires in Nebraska right now.

Bold outline: Nebraska boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Nebraska

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This season vs the last decade

2436% of normal for Nov 10
Burned so far in 2026936K acres
10-year average by Nov 10 (2016–2025)38K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)39K acres

So far in 2026, 936K acres have burned in Nebraska, 2436% of the 38K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 39K acres.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.

Active fires in Nebraska

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in Nebraska

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2026
Worst year · 936K acres
61
Fires / year · average
795
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
131
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$18.9M
Reported cost

From 58 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
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February through April account for 72% of the acreage burned in Nebraska in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
861722014: 12 fires20142015: 48 fires2016: 46 fires20162017: 49 fires2018: 38 fires20182019: 32 fires2020: 65 fires20202021: 88 fires2022: 172 fires20222023: 30 fires2024: 77 fires20242025: 52 fires2026: 86 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Nebraska averaged 254K acres burned and 83 fires per year. That is 3509% up in acreage and 77% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Nebraska? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.

Largest fires on record in Nebraska

  • Morrill2026642,029 acres
  • Cottonwood2026129,253 acres
  • Region 23 Complex201220 structures destroyed86,201 acres
  • Wellnitz201231 structures destroyed77,683 acres
  • Region 24 Complex201231 structures destroyed76,242 acres

Fires near a city in Nebraska

Omaha

Nearby states

California (121)Oregon (42)Wisconsin (30)Minnesota (28)Texas (24)Kentucky (23)