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The table below shows fires near the PCT. Fires on trail or within a mile of the trail will show red text. If a fire perimeter intersects the trail the table will show start/end trail mile, first encounter to last encounter, the entire segment is not necessarily burned.
View google maps of National & PCT Smoke, National & PCT Fires/Perimeters or both layers together. Fires/Perimeters are updated every 4 hours, surface smoke is updated hourly. A Fire weather map showing red flag warnings, fire weather watches, etc, is also available. A 4 hour heat map of Air Quality Index is also available.
Surface smoke data and fire weather is from NOAA, fires/perimeters are from National Interagency Fire Center and hot spots are from NASA.
Fire Year (1801 to present):
Updated: May 28, 2022
# | Updated | Fire Name (click for map) | Miles from trail | Nearest Trail Mile | Start/End Trail Mile | Contained | Acres |
1 | Mar 1, 2022 | Soledad | On Trail | 437.44 | 437.44 438.01 | - | 3 |
2 | Jan 8, 2022 | Drd District Wide Admin Piles | On Trail | 23.44 | 23.46 24.11 | - | 1 |
3 | May 28, 2022 | Elk Trail | 12.27 | 221.6 | - | 75% | 221 |
4 | May 22, 2022 | Wagon Train | 3.94 | 337.47 | - | - | 10 |
5 | May 20, 2022 | Tomahawk Rx | 5.05 | 1784.79 | - | - | 1 |
6 | May 19, 2022 | Edmonston | 16.53 | 503.4 | - | 100% | 682 |
7 | May 16, 2022 | Yucca Loma | 11.23 | 303.54 | - | - | 1 |
8 | May 15, 2022 | Coyote | 9.39 | 189.23 | - | - | 46 |
9 | May 15, 2022 | Border 10 | 15.73 | 13.54 | - | - | 5 |
10 | May 14, 2022 | Jewel | 11.18 | 0.58 | - | - | 8 |
11 | May 14, 2022 | Sierra | 18.05 | 326.5 | - | - | 5 |
12 | May 13, 2022 | Presilla | 17.25 | 13.58 | - | - | 1 |
13 | May 11, 2022 | Rattlesnake | 7.22 | 778.63 | - | - | 2 |
14 | May 10, 2022 | Castile | 9.88 | 189.16 | - | - | 10 |
15 | May 6, 2022 | Pyrite | 18.33 | 338.72 | - | - | 60 |
16 | May 4, 2022 | Hansen | 11.22 | 429.51 | - | - | 9 |
17 | May 1, 2022 | Young | 13.64 | 189.22 | - | - | 1 |
18 | Apr 30, 2022 | Cactus | 0.79 | 260.35 | - | - | 35 |
19 | Apr 30, 2022 | 111 | 5.4 | 203.94 | - | - | 4 |
20 | Apr 29, 2022 | Armstrong | 17.36 | 326.49 | - | - | 5 |
21 | Apr 24, 2022 | Felipe | 0.97 | 95.83 | - | - | 1 |
22 | Apr 21, 2022 | VegZl7375 | 14.25 | 308.76 | - | - | 1 |
23 | Apr 20, 2022 | Felspar | 20.33 | 343.09 | - | - | 4 |
24 | Apr 19, 2022 | Castillo | 15.48 | 159.51 | - | - | 20 |
25 | Apr 12, 2022 | Westward | 9.69 | 189.17 | - | - | 2 |
26 | Apr 7, 2022 | Silver | 20.61 | 326.42 | - | - | 4 |
27 | Mar 27, 2022 | Dearborn Vmp | 8.73 | 737.37 | - | - | 1 |
28 | Mar 23, 2022 | Highway 62 Piles Rx | 0.77 | 1830.35 | - | - | 1 |
29 | Mar 22, 2022 | Narrows | 12.96 | 308.78 | - | - | 2 |
30 | Mar 20, 2022 | 74 | 7.86 | 188.73 | - | - | 2 |
31 | Mar 14, 2022 | Dillon | 5.83 | 429.6 | - | - | 1 |
32 | Feb 21, 2022 | Little Lake | 8.96 | 671.9 | - | - | 1 |
33 | Feb 20, 2022 | Range | 8 | 188.76 | - | - | 1 |
34 | Feb 20, 2022 | Emerald 2 | 12.08 | 292.08 | - | - | 5 |
35 | Feb 19, 2022 | Meadow | 1.32 | 602.21 | - | - | 1 |
36 | Feb 9, 2022 | Safr South Rx 0051 Cs | 12.18 | 1990.09 | - | - | 1 |
37 | Feb 8, 2022 | Wildwood | 7.51 | 316.39 | - | - | 1 |
38 | Feb 8, 2022 | Border 6 | 16.08 | 13.61 | - | - | 7 |
39 | Feb 3, 2022 | Fr Brush Creek Hp Rx | 15.62 | 1262.79 | - | - | 1 |
40 | Jan 20, 2022 | Prd-Morgan Hill Piles | 15.85 | 108.2 | - | - | 1 |
41 | Jan 18, 2022 | Texas Cyn Rx | 7.54 | 467.02 | - | - | 1 |
42 | Jan 12, 2022 | Cascade 2022 Piles 0033 Cs | 11.05 | 1990.1 | - | - | 1 |
43 | Jan 12, 2022 | Prd-Fry Creek Palomar Mountain P | 13.35 | 108.25 | - | - | 1 |
44 | Jan 11, 2022 | Bear Divide Pile Rx | 7.8 | 436.85 | - | - | 1 |
45 | Jan 11, 2022 | City Creek | 8.84 | 294.32 | - | - | 2 |
46 | Jan 9, 2022 | Prd-Palomar Mountain Fuelbreak-B | 13.06 | 108.23 | - | - | 1 |
47 | Jan 5, 2022 | Prd District Wide Admin Piles | 8.87 | 116.89 | - | - | 1 |
48 | Jan 4, 2022 | Drd-Laguna Place Rx | 1.35 | 39.76 | - | - | 1 |
49 | Jan 4, 2022 | Drd-Pine Valley Rx | 6.62 | 24.42 | - | - | 1 |
50 | Jan 1, 2022 | Prd-North District Fuelbreaks - | 0.17 | 116.94 | - | - | 1 |
51 | Jan 1, 2022 | Drd District Wide Pile Burning | 5.85 | 46.65 | - | - | 1 |
52 | Jan 1, 2022 | Prd-Palomar Mountain Piles | 16.26 | 108.25 | - | - | 1 |
Change Log
June 19, 2021: Fixed for NIFC data source changes.
April 18, 2021: Added all fires from 1801 to present.
August 30, 2020: Added 'Nearest Trail Mile'.
August 24, 2020: Added surface smoke.
August 23, 2020: Added hotspots.
August 19, 2020: Initial release.
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