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Georgia Wildfires: Live Fire Map

3
Active fires
1,191
Acres
1
Under 50% contained
27
Typical air quality · worst 66 near General Coffee
Current situation

Georgia

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
0
NWS alerts
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Georgia currently has 3 active wildfires burning a combined 1,191 acres. The biggest is the Main Trail fire in Chatham County at 841 acres, 100% contained.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 26 monitoring stations is good (AQI 27); the worst reading right now is AQI 66 (moderate) near General Coffee.
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Bold outline: Georgia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Georgia

Georgia does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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This season vs the last decade

674% of an average year
Burned so far in 202669K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)10K acres

So far in 2026, 69K acres have burned in Georgia, 674% of the 10K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Georgia

Latest fire updates in Georgia

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

  1. Main Trail Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    11 days ago · September 14, 2026

  2. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 99%

    15 days ago · September 10, 2026

  3. Main Trail Fire · Grew 100 acres in 20 days to 841 acres

    15 days ago · September 10, 2026

  4. Loggerhead Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    16 days ago · September 9, 2026

  5. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 84%

    21 days ago · September 4, 2026

  6. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    25 days ago · August 31, 2026

  7. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 65%

    27 days ago · August 29, 2026

  8. Main Trail Fire · New perimeter mapped at 200 acres (national perimeter feed)

    27 days ago · August 29, 2026

  9. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 58%

    29 days ago · August 27, 2026

  10. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 53%

    31 days ago · August 25, 2026

  11. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 45%

    33 days ago · August 23, 2026

  12. Main Trail Fire · Containment rose to 35%

    35 days ago · August 21, 2026

Wildfire history in Georgia

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2026
Worst year · 69K acres
64
Fires / year · average
829
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
162
Structures destroyed
1
Lives lost
$130.1M
Reported cost

From 229 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
69K
34K
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'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
3.1K
1.6K
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October and November account for 66% of the acreage burned in Georgia in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
811622014: 25 fires20142015: 46 fires2016: 113 fires20162017: 37 fires2018: 32 fires20182019: 34 fires2020: 28 fires20202021: 45 fires2022: 82 fires20222023: 69 fires2024: 61 fires20242025: 162 fires2026: 95 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Georgia averaged 19K acres burned and 94 fires per year. That is 87% up in acreage and 108% 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 Georgia? 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 Georgia

  • Honey Prairie20111 structure destroyed309,200 acres
  • Blackjack Bay Complex2002124,104 acres
  • Sweat Farm Road200723 structures destroyed68,361 acres
  • Rough Ridge201627,870 acres
  • Okr Friendly Fire199927,340 acres

Fires near a city in Georgia

Atlanta

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (114)Oregon (80)New Mexico (77)Oklahoma (64)Montana (59)