Wildfires in Rusk County

Wisconsin

🔴 2 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Very low · steady

Fires in 2026

13 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

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from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 30· PM2.5 1 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-45:-92) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

County M Active › Power Active ›

Fire history

County M · Wildfire 23/10/2026 › Island Lake · Wildfire 20/10/2026· 326 h › Power · Wildfire · Human 16/10/2026 › Log Cabin · Wildfire 11/10/2026· 11 h › Merry · Wildfire 07/10/2026· 15 h › Hwy 8 East · Wildfire · Human 28/09/2026· 589 h › Hwy 8 West · Wildfire · Human 28/09/2026· 589 h › HWY D and 27 · Wildfire 23/09/2026· 10 h › Pit · Wildfire 25/08/2026· 467 h › Baler · Wildfire · Human 07/08/2026· 322 h › Murry · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 370 h › Plot · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 466 h › Mini 8 · Wildfire 27/07/2026· 586 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.