Idaho Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
Idaho holds some of the most remote fire country in the lower 48, and its biggest fires often burn for months in designated wilderness. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to Idaho conditions.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 14 active mapped fires attributed to Idaho, about 181,813 acres total. Largest: Tartar (158,027 acres, 89% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- 5 Red Flag Warning zones in or near the Idaho map area.
- Smoke
- Heavy smoke over parts of the Idaho map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- An SPC elevated fire weather outlook touches the Idaho map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the Idaho map area are exceptional drought (D4) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a Idaho reporting area: Mount Hall (seasonal), AQI 142 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the Idaho 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
Fire season typically peaks July through September. Lightning-driven fires in the central Idaho backcountry and fast-moving rangeland fires across the Snake River Plain are the state's two recurring patterns.
The Payette, Boise, Salmon-Challis, and Nez Perce-Clearwater national forests surround the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, where fires are often managed rather than suppressed. Smoke from those long-duration fires settles into the Salmon, Boise, and Treasure Valley drainages for weeks at a time.
- Idaho's backcountry fires can burn for months, so the 7-day satellite hotspot layer shows activity that a single day's view misses.
- Rangeland fires on the Snake River Plain move fast in wind; the red flag layer flags those days.
- SNOTEL stations across the Sawtooths and central mountains feed the snowpack layer, an early-season read on the year ahead.
Official Idaho sources
Layer guides for Idaho 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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