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Pennsylvania Wildfires: Live Fire Map

AQI 25Good air quality statewide
Current situation

Pennsylvania

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
Dispatch reports (24h)
0
NWS alerts
2
No active wildfires are currently reported in Pennsylvania. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
The National Weather Service has 2 Wind Advisories in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 66 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 25, peak 36).
No active fires in Pennsylvania right now.

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

Evacuation status in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 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.

2 active weather alerts
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

New Castle; Kent; Somerset; Middlesex; Mercer; Salem; Gloucester; Camden; Northwestern Burlington; Cumberland; Delaware; Philadelphia; Eastern Montgomery; Lower…

See active alerts at weather.gov
Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 10:00 PM

Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 4:08AM EDT until September 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

Morris; Hunterdon; Western Chester; Eastern Chester; Western Montgomery; Upper Bucks

See active alerts at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

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This season vs the last decade

16% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026409 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)2.6K acres

So far in 2026, 409 acres have burned in Pennsylvania, 16% of the 2.6K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Pennsylvania

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in Pennsylvania

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2016
Worst year · 10K acres
40
Fires / year · average
526
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
208
Structures destroyed
12
Lives lost
$3.7M
Reported cost

From 311 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
10K
5,085
'15
'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
1.8K
897
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April and May account for 86% of the acreage burned in Pennsylvania in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
36722014: 16 fires20142015: 31 fires2016: 33 fires20162017: 37 fires2018: 30 fires20182019: 24 fires2020: 32 fires20202021: 58 fires2022: 27 fires20222023: 53 fires2024: 57 fires20242025: 56 fires2026: 72 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Pennsylvania averaged 2,544 acres burned and 53 fires per year. That is 28% up in acreage and 62% 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 Pennsylvania? 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 Pennsylvania

  • 16 Mile201611 structures destroyed8,032 acres
  • Bull Run20083,816 acres
  • Ramsey20012,730 acres
  • Crystal Lake20042,265 acres
  • Penobscot And Laurel Run20092,126 acres

Fires near a city in Pennsylvania

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