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Situation: 157 active incidents · 2.6M acres in the 11-state corridor (WFIGS; includes prescribed burns and contained fires)Aug. analysisWhat stops large fires →Data updated Oct 3
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Local Risk Lookup

Is my area at risk?

Enter a ZIP code or county in the 11-state western fire corridor. Results combine the April 8, 2026 seasonal risk ranking (withdrawn model, under re-validation; not updated since), fire incident data refreshed daily, and PurpleAir AQI readings updated at most once a day.

What this is, and isn’t. The percentile compares your cell to the 5,500+ cells in the corridor for the current season. It is not a probability that a fire will reach your address. For evacuation and life-safety actions, follow your local emergency alerts , the sign-up link for your state appears below your results.

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ZIP and county centroids: US Census Bureau 2020 Gazetteer (public domain). Risk grid: Firewatch seasonal model, April 8, 2026 snapshot (frozen for the 2026 scorecard). Fires: WFIGS (NIFC). AQI: PurpleAir, EPA-corrected 1-hour averages updated at most once a day (not NowCast), converted with the EPA 2024 PM2.5 breakpoints. Generating script: scripts/build_centroids.py in this repo.