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Ohio Wildfires: Live Fire Map

AQI 24Good typical air quality, worst 58 near Fairgrounds
Current situation

Ohio

Quiet
Large fires (1K+)
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New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
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No active wildfires are currently reported in Ohio. 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. Typical air quality across the state's 72 monitoring stations is good (AQI 24); the worst reading right now is AQI 58 (moderate) near Fairgrounds.
No active fires in Ohio right now.

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

Evacuation status in Ohio

Ohio does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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This season vs the last decade

5% of an average year
Burned so far in 202619 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)401 acres

So far in 2026, 19 acres have burned in Ohio, 5% of the 401 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Ohio

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in Ohio

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2022
Worst year · 1,557 acres
53
Fires / year · average
693
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
48
Structures destroyed
6
Lives lost
$239K
Reported cost

From 96 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
1,557
779
'15
'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
155
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February through April account for 53% of the acreage burned in Ohio in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
45892014: 12 fires20142015: 39 fires2016: 30 fires20162017: 63 fires2018: 70 fires20182019: 67 fires2020: 70 fires20202021: 53 fires2022: 89 fires20222023: 76 fires2024: 58 fires20242025: 46 fires2026: 20 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Ohio averaged 546 acres burned and 58 fires per year. That is 190% up in acreage and 14% 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 Ohio? 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 Ohio

  • Shawnee Complex20092,865 acres
  • Peach Orchard20034 structures destroyed1,016 acres
  • Crown City20011,000 acres
  • Crown City Complex2002706 acres
  • Mentor2003400 acres

Fires near a city in Ohio

Nearby states