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Alabama Wildfires: Live Fire Map

4
Active fires
412
Acres
1
Under 50% contained
52
Typical air quality · worst 147 near ASHLAND
Current situation

Alabama

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
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New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
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FireNearby does not have a live evacuation feed for any of Alabama's 67 counties, so evacuation orders and warnings there will not appear here. Check local official emergency channels for notices.
Alabama currently has 4 active wildfires burning a combined 412 acres. The biggest is the Hollis Head Road fire in Lowndes County at 161 acres, 100% contained.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 15 monitoring stations is moderate (AQI 52); the worst reading right now is AQI 147 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) near ASHLAND.
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Bold outline: Alabama boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Alabama

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This season vs the last decade

213% of normal for Nov 10
Burned so far in 202622K acres
10-year average by Nov 10 (2016–2025)10K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)12K acres

So far in 2026, 22K acres have burned in Alabama, 213% of the 10K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 12K acres.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.

Active fires in Alabama

Latest fire updates in Alabama

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. A G Taylor Lane Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  2. A G Taylor Lane Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  3. Possum Point Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  4. Possum Point Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 days ago · November 2, 2026

  5. Hollis Head Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    15 days ago · October 27, 2026

  6. Hollis Head Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    15 days ago · October 26, 2026

  7. Possum Point Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026

  8. Hollis Head Road Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    23 days ago · October 18, 2026

Wildfire history in Alabama

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2026
Worst year · 22K acres
77
Fires / year · average
1,002
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
111
Structures destroyed
1
Lives lost
$8.1M
Reported cost

From 742 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
22K
11K
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'25
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
3.2K
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February through April account for 56% of the acreage burned in Alabama in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
711412014: 32 fires20142015: 44 fires2016: 133 fires20162017: 49 fires2018: 50 fires20182019: 88 fires2020: 39 fires20202021: 47 fires2022: 88 fires20222023: 76 fires2024: 141 fires20242025: 114 fires2026: 101 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Alabama averaged 17K acres burned and 104 fires per year. That is 111% up in acreage and 73% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in Alabama? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.

Largest fires on record in Alabama

  • Bay Fire20054,395 acres
  • County Line20004,000 acres
  • North East Area Complex20013,790 acres
  • Mud Creek Fire20113,000 acres
  • Mt Weisner 201120112,900 acres

Fires near a city in Alabama

Birmingham

Nearby states

California (119)Oregon (42)Minnesota (28)Wisconsin (28)Kentucky (24)South Carolina (24)