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2 active wildfires burning 1,670 acres in Georgia right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.
Georgia currently has 2 active wildfires burning a combined 1,670 acres. One of them is a large incident of 1,000+ acres, all of them at or above 50%. The biggest is the Camden McCarthy Overpass fire in Camden County at 1,275 acres, 100% contained. The National Weather Service has 5 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 42).
Bold outline: Georgia 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 12:44PM EDT until August 12 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
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Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 6:59AM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Coastal Bryan; Inland Chatham; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Inland McIntosh; Coastal McIntosh; Beaufort; Coastal Colleton; Charleston; Coastal Jasper; Tida…
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.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 67K acres have burned in Georgia, 654% of the 10K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Mccarthy Overpass Fire | Camden | 1,275 acres | 100% | 4 days ago |
| Buie Driggers Rd Fire | Bulloch | 395 acres | 100% | 7 days ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 229 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Georgia averaged 18K acres burned and 93 fires per year. That is 83% up in acreage and 106% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
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