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3 active wildfires burning 1.2 acres in Arkansas right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.
Arkansas currently has 3 active wildfires burning a combined 1 acres. The biggest is the Calhoun 100162 fire in Calhoun County at 1 acres. One new fire has been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 9 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is moderate (AQI 51).
Bold outline: Arkansas boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:16PM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Leflore; Washington; Humph…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:16PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Leflore; Washington; Humph…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:32AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Benton; Carroll; North and Central Sebastian; Southern Crawford; Central and Southern Franklin; Southern Sebastian; Pushmataha; Choctaw; Washington; Nowata; Cra…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:32AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Tulsa OK
Washington; Madison; Northern Crawford; Northern Franklin; Adair
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:31AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Marion; Baxter; Fulton; Sharp; Randolph; Izard; Independence; Lawrence; Cleburne; Jackson; Conway; Faulkner; White; Woodruff; Perry; Saline; Pulaski; Lonoke; Pr…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:31AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Stone; Garland; Pike; Clark; Hot Spring; Dallas; Ouachita; Calhoun; Bradley; Newton County Higher Elevations; Polk County Lower Elevations; Central and Eastern …
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:31AM CDT until August 11 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Marion; Baxter; Fulton; Sharp; Randolph; Izard; Independence; Lawrence; Cleburne; Jackson; Conway; Faulkner; White; Woodruff; Perry; Saline; Pulaski; Lonoke; Pr…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 29K acres have burned in Arkansas, 393% of the 7.3K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun 100162 Fire | Calhoun | 1.0 acres | - | 1 hour ago |
| Bolding N Lightning Fire | Union | 0.1 acres | - | 25 hours ago |
| Pigeon Fire | Scott | 0.1 acres | - | 28 hours ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 586 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Arkansas averaged 9,579 acres burned and 316 fires per year. That is 24% up in acreage and 205% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
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