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New Hampshire Wildfires: Live Fire Map
New Hampshire
Bold outline: New Hampshire boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in New Hampshire
New Hampshire has no live evacuation feed FireNearby can monitor, so orders and warnings will not appear on this site. Check your county's official emergency channels and the emergency resources below.
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This season vs the last decade
1257% of normal for Nov 10So far in 2026, 993 acres have burned in New Hampshire, 1257% of the 79 acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 117 acres.
Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.
Active fires in New Hampshire
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild River Fire | Coos | 821 acres | 53% | 10 hours ago |
Latest fire updates in New Hampshire
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Wild River Fire · Containment rose to 53%
25 hours ago · November 10, 2026Wild River Fire · Containment rose to 29%
2 days ago · November 8, 2026Wild River Fire · Containment rose to 20%
5 days ago · November 5, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped at 856 acres (national perimeter feed)
5 days ago · November 5, 2026Wild River Fire · Grew 697 acres in 43 hours to 982 acres
6 days ago · November 4, 2026Wild River Fire · Official incident page published on InciWeb: Wild River
6 days ago · November 4, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)
7 days ago · November 3, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)
7 days ago · November 3, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)
7 days ago · November 3, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)
8 days ago · November 2, 2026Wild River Fire · New perimeter mapped (national perimeter feed)
8 days ago · November 2, 2026Wild River Fire · Grew 265 acres in 10 hours to 285 acres
8 days ago · November 2, 2026
Wildfire history in New Hampshire
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
April and May account for 56% of the acreage burned in New Hampshire in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Over the last five years, New Hampshire averaged 305 acres burned and 113 fires per year. That is 170% up in acreage and 1018% 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 New Hampshire? 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 New Hampshire
- Covered Bridge2016329 acres
- Bayle Mountain2015275 acres
- Stoddard Fire2016190 acres
- Lucy Brook2004139 acres
Emergency resources for New Hampshire
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.