Arizona Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
Arizona's fire season runs earlier than the rest of the West: the peak comes in the hot, dry weeks before the monsoon arrives. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to Arizona conditions.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 3 active mapped fires attributed to Arizona, about 3,384 acres total. Largest: Island (3,145 acres, 92% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- No Red Flag Warnings in or near the Arizona map area.
- Smoke
- Light smoke over parts of the Arizona map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- No elevated SPC fire weather outlook over the Arizona map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the Arizona map area are extreme drought (D3) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a Arizona reporting area: Phoenix, AQI 112 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the Arizona map area.
Data as of Aug 10, 3:20 PM MDT. Sources: NIFC, NWS, NOAA, EPA AirNow, U.S. Drought Monitor. Map areas are rectangular and overlap neighboring states; open the live map for exact locations.
Fire season and landscape
Large fire activity typically peaks May through early July, then the North American monsoon shifts the risk toward lightning starts and flash flooding on fresh burn scars.
The Tonto, Coconino, and Apache-Sitgreaves national forests hold the ponderosa country along the Mogollon Rim, the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in the country. The southern sky island ranges add a second, distinct fire environment above the desert floor.
- Arizona's peak fire weeks come before the monsoon, so the season here is offset a month or two from the northern Rockies.
- After the monsoon starts, burn scar flash flooding becomes the sharper hazard; the river gauge layer covers the response of major drainages.
- The fire weather outlook layer flags the dry, windy pre-monsoon days that carry most of the state's large fire growth.
Official Arizona sources
Layer guides for Arizona conditions
Informational only. Not an emergency alert service. Data comes from government sources that can lag, drop, or be wrong at any time. In an emergency call 911 and follow your local authorities. Field Risk Systems is not affiliated with any government agency. See the terms of use and privacy notice.
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