Orange County Wildfire Map
Live map of wildfires burning across Orange County and Southern California, plus evacuation information and what to do before a fire starts.
Looking for what to do before a fire starts? See our wildfire preparation guide.
Last updated October 2026. Information on this page is drawn from CAL FIRE, Ready.gov and the Orange County Fire Authority.
Fires burning now
This map shows wildfires across the United States, centered on Orange County and Southern California. Zoom and pan to your part of the county, and click any fire to see its size and the latest reported details.
Map: Esri Disaster Response Program. Fire data from IRWIN and the National Interagency Fire Center. Official incident information: CAL FIRE
Fires on the map: points and perimeters for wildfires, prescribed burns and fire complexes of any size that were updated in the past seven days and have not been declared out. This layer refreshes every 15 minutes.
Satellite heat detections: small markers show heat picked up by NASA and NOAA satellites over the past seven days, updated about hourly. A detection is not a confirmed fire; it can also be a controlled burn or industrial heat.
Fire weather: shaded areas mark National Weather Service fire weather watches and red flag warnings. Station markers show current wind.
The map can lag behind conditions on the ground. For evacuation orders, see Evacuations below.
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Largest Orange County fires since 2000
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Source: CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program. Includes the Freeway Complex (2008) and Holy (2018) fires, which CAL FIRE records under neighboring units.
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