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18 active wildfires burning 12,582 acres in Florida right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.
Florida currently has 18 active wildfires burning a combined 12,582 acres. 4 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, all of them at or above 50%. The biggest is the HOLEY LAND (6) fire in Broward County at 5,000 acres, 100% contained. One new fire has been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 6 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: Florida boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:44PM EDT until August 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Suwannee; Baker; Inland Nassau; Union; Bradford; Gilchrist; Inland Flagler; Eastern Hamilton; Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Eastern Clay; Eastern Alachua; East…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:44PM EDT until August 12 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Suwannee; Baker; Inland Nassau; Union; Bradford; Gilchrist; Inland Flagler; Eastern Hamilton; Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Eastern Clay; Eastern Alachua; East…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 2:32AM EDT until August 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
Sumter; Pinellas; Polk; Hardee; Highlands; DeSoto; Coastal Hillsborough; Coastal Manatee; Coastal Sarasota; Coastal Charlotte; Coastal Lee; Inland Levy; Inland …
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 2:19AM EDT until August 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL
Washington; Jackson; Inland Bay; Calhoun; Inland Gulf; Inland Franklin; Gadsden; Leon; Inland Jefferson; Madison; Inland Wakulla; Inland Taylor; Lafayette; Inla…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 2:05AM EDT until August 11 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FL
Glades; Hendry; Inland Palm Beach County; Metro Palm Beach County; Coastal Collier County; Inland Collier County; Inland Broward County; Metro Broward County; I…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:13AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Melbourne FL
Inland Volusia; Northern Lake County; Orange; Seminole; Osceola; Okeechobee; Coastal Volusia; Southern Lake County; Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Coa…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 259K acres have burned in Florida, 160% of the 163K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holey Land (6) Fire | Broward | 5,000 acres | 100% | 10 days ago |
| South Canal- Lafayette (34) Fire | Lafayette | 2,265 acres | 100% | 4 days ago |
| Mill Pond Fire | Liberty | 1,760 acres | 100% | 11 days ago |
| L 28 Fire | Broward | 1,000 acres | 100% | 12 days ago |
| Foster Bridge Fire | Liberty | 675 acres | 100% | 11 days ago |
| Jones Island Fire | Volusia | 525 acres | - | 13 hours ago |
| Mailbox Fire | Baker | 409 acres | 90% | 4 days ago |
| Rock Rd (18) Fire | Flagler | 188 acres | 100% | 11 days ago |
| Sand Mine (53) Fire | Polk | 185 acres | 90% | 13 days ago |
| Bee Haven Bay (24-06) Fire | Hamilton | 170 acres | 73% | 4 days ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 2,423 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Florida averaged 167K acres burned and 296 fires per year. That is 6% up in acreage and 41% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline.
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