Nebraska Wildfire Map & Tracker
1 active fire · Updated 2h ago1 active fire
10 acres burned
Largest: Corkscrew Fire
Active Wildfires in Nebraska
About Nebraska Wildfire Season
Nebraska's fire season has historically run from early summer through mid fall, but the state has increasingly seen serious spring activity as well, including a 2026 fire that burned over six hundred thousand acres, a state record. The Sandhills region holds rich, sandy soil and native grasses whose growth buds sit protected underground and recover quickly after a burn, while eastern red cedar encroachment, the same problem facing Kansas, adds a volatile woody fuel on top of the native grassland. Nebraska's relationship with fire is genuinely tangled. Land managers view decades of fire suppression as having created the cedar problem in the first place, which means the fix, more prescribed burning, is also a real source of escaped fire risk when conditions turn against a planned burn.Nebraska Fire Map Today
- Wildfire incident markers. Every active fire in Nebraska is shown with a colored marker. Red means active, yellow means mostly contained, and gray means fully contained or no longer being tracked.
- Incident details and updates. Tap any fire below to see its size, containment percentage, recent updates, and nearby air quality on its own page.
- Automatic updates. This page pulls directly from official incident data and refreshes automatically as conditions change. It is not a live, real time map, and fast moving fires can outpace how often this page updates.
- Full app map. Open the full interactive map to search, explore fires nationwide, and save locations to track over time.