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Fires Near Atlanta, GA

Live wildfire tracking around Atlanta: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Fires within 100 mi
75 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Atlanta, GA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 62 active fires within 300 miles of Atlanta, GA, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Atlanta city limits. The most significant is the Possum Point fire, 75 miles away at 120 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Atlanta, GA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the NR-Georgia Tech monitor 2 miles away is moderate (AQI 70).

House pin: Atlanta, GA. Bold outline: Atlanta city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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4 acres
≤ 100 mi
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124 acres
≤ 200 mi
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681 acres
≤ 300 mi
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3,909 acres

This season vs the last decade

0% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)0 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Atlanta, 0% of the 0 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near Atlanta, GA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Atlanta

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

  1. Campbell - Glassman Way Fire · Grew 25 acres in 33 hours to 140 acres

    24 min ago · November 11, 2026

  2. Edgefield - 1453 Rainbow Falls Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    1 hour ago · November 11, 2026

  3. Edgefield - 1453 Rainbow Falls Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    1 hour ago · November 11, 2026

  4. Clarendon - 2026 Rogers Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Clarendon - 2026 Rogers Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  6. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    7 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  8. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    8 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  9. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    8 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  10. Parkers Branch Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    11 hours ago · November 10, 2026

Historic fires near Atlanta

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Rough Ridge
2016
27,870 acres · 79 mi away
Rock Mountain
2016
24,725 acres · 95 mi away
Boteler
2016
9,036 acres · 99 mi away
Pinewood
2001
3,800 acres · 68 mi away
Mt Weisner 2011
2011
2,900 acres · 77 mi away
Pentecost
2007
2,800 acres · 76 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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