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New Jersey Wildfires: Live Fire Map
New Jersey
Bold outline: New Jersey boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in New Jersey
New Jersey 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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Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
This season vs the last decade
1% of normal for Nov 10So far in 2026, 97 acres have burned in New Jersey, 1% of the 8.9K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 8.9K acres.
Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.
Active fires in New Jersey
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorge Road Fire | Morris | 61 acres | - | 5 days ago |
Latest fire updates in New Jersey
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Gorge Road Fire · Grew 60 acres in about an hour to 61 acres
5 days ago · November 5, 2026
Wildfire history in New Jersey
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 70 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
April through June account for 65% of the acreage burned in New Jersey in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Over the last five years, New Jersey averaged 13K acres burned and 21 fires per year. That is 298% up in acreage and 140% 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 Jersey? 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 Jersey
- Warren Grove20073 structures destroyed17,270 acres
- Spring Hill Fire201911,638 acres
- Penn Swamp Fire20173,577 acres
- Skunk Ridge20022,600 acres
- Atsion20072,450 acres
Emergency resources for New Jersey
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.