Washington

Washington wildfire map today

Active wildfires in Washington right now, the share of Washington homes in the wildland-urban interface, and where to find official information. The list and counts come from the federal wildfire feed; the WUI figures come from the SILVIS Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The active-fire data refreshes every 15 minutes.

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Active wildfires

2,067 ac

Total acres

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Active fires in Washington now

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Homes in the wildland-urban interface

About 33% of Washington’s homes sit inside the wildland-urban interface — roughly 1 million of 3.2 million statewide, according to the SILVIS Lab’s 2020 dataset. The share varies sharply by county: from about 14% in Seattle’s King County to about 62% in Spokane County.

The five Washington counties with the most homes in the wildland-urban interface:

  • Spokane Countyabout 139,000 homes
  • King Countyabout 132,000 homes
  • Pierce Countyabout 91,000 homes
  • Snohomish Countyabout 84,000 homes
  • Kitsap Countyabout 55,000 homes

Being in the interface is a description of geography, not a forecast of fire — it captures how close a building sits to vegetation that can burn. These classifications change slowly; the figures here come from the SILVIS Lab’s most recent revision of the 1990–2020 dataset, released February 2025.

Official Washington sources

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