Wildfires in Vilas County

Wisconsin

🔴 3 active fires

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Very low · steady

Fires in 2026

26 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

6.0 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 28· PM2.5 0.1 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-46:-90) — 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

Wildcat Active· 1.0 ha › No Mans Active › Lune Island Active ›

Fire history

Cattail Cove · Wildfire 26/10/2026· 158 h › Hill · Wildfire 24/10/2026· 87 h › Line · Wildfire 21/10/2026· 278 h › Wildcat · Wildfire · Human 18/10/2026· 1.0 ha › Birdhouse · Wildfire 12/10/2026· 402 h › Shed · Wildfire · Human 11/10/2026· 521 h › Red Oak · Wildfire 10/10/2026· 94 h › County G · Wildfire 07/10/2026· 18 h › Schneider · Wildfire 07/10/2026· 594 h › Flag · Wildfire 07/10/2026· 521 h › Aspen Power · Wildfire · Human 07/10/2026· 593 h › No Mans · Wildfire 07/10/2026 › Lune Island · Wildfire 06/10/2026 › Birch Haven · Wildfire · Human 13/09/2026· 351 h › Bayer Lake · Wildfire 11/09/2026· 495 h › Kentuck · Wildfire · Human 20/08/2026· 22 h › White Whale · Wildfire · Human 17/08/2026· 5.0 ha· 474 h › Dockside · Wildfire 10/08/2026· 659 h › Little Pine · Wildfire · Human 08/08/2026· 706 h › Pokegama Island · Wildfire 02/08/2026· 510 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.