New York Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
New York's hazard map splits between the big forested parks upstate and a metro area that mostly experiences fire as imported smoke. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to conditions across the state.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- No active mapped fires attributed to New York in the national feed right now.
- Red flag warnings
- No Red Flag Warnings in or near the New York map area.
- Smoke
- Heavy smoke over parts of the New York map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- No elevated SPC fire weather outlook over the New York map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the New York map area are severe drought (D2) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a New York reporting area: Long Island Region, AQI 71 (Moderate).
- River gauges
- 2 gauges at or above flood stage in the New York map area (worst: major flooding).
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
Spring is the state's real fire season, running from snowmelt to green-up, with the Long Island pine barrens and the lower Hudson Valley carrying the most consistent risk; drought falls can add a second window, as the November 2024 Jennings Creek fire on the New Jersey line showed. In June 2023, Canadian smoke briefly gave New York City the worst air quality readings of any major city in the world.
The Adirondack Park is the largest park in the contiguous United States at roughly six million acres, and together with the Catskill Park it keeps a huge share of the state under forest. Between them run the Hudson and Mohawk valleys, where river flooding is a recurring hazard, while Long Island's central pine barrens hold the state's most fire-adapted fuels.
- During transported smoke events the smoke layer shows where the plume sits while the air quality forecast layer shows whether it is expected to mix down to street level.
- Adirondack and Catskill fires are usually small but far from the road network, and the 7-day hotspot layer keeps a running record of where heat has been detected.
- Ice jams and spring melt drive fast rises on the Mohawk and upper Hudson, which the river gauge layer picks up in near real time.
Official New York sources
Layer guides for New York 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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