Washington Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
Most of Washington's large fires burn in the dry forests and shrub steppe east of the Cascade crest, and smoke crosses west when the pattern turns easterly. This page tracks the live layers for both sides.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 29 active mapped fires attributed to Washington, about 581,218 acres total. Largest: SINLAHEKIN (144,881 acres, 42% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- No Red Flag Warnings in or near the Washington map area.
- Smoke
- Heavy smoke over parts of the Washington map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- No elevated SPC fire weather outlook over the Washington map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the Washington map area are extreme drought (D3) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- Worst AirNow forecast for a Washington reporting area: Chelan, AQI 250 (Very Unhealthy).
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the Washington 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 runs July through September, centered on the Okanogan and Methow country of north-central Washington and the Colville country in the northeast. Westside fire is rarer but possible in drought years with east wind events.
The Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville national forests hold most of the state's fire-prone dry forest. When east winds push smoke across the Cascade passes, Puget Sound air quality can change in a single afternoon.
- Washington fire perimeters come through the national WFIGS feed, which includes DNR-protected state lands.
- The air quality forecast layer covers reporting areas on both sides of the Cascades, useful when smoke crosses the crest.
- SNOTEL snowpack stations in the Cascades and Olympics feed the map's snowpack layer through the winter and spring.
Official Washington sources
Layer guides for Washington 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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