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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
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Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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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 26 active fires within 300 miles of Atlanta, GA, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Atlanta city limits. The most significant is the Bobo fire, 72 miles away at 26 acres. 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 good (AQI 35).

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.

Evacuation status

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

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Fires by distance

City limits
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43 acres
≤ 200 mi
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583 acres
≤ 300 mi
26
5,787 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.

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. Reynolds Cemetery Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Florence - 2916 East Effingham Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    44 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  3. Florence - 2916 East Effingham Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    45 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  4. Sargent Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  5. Waterhole Fire · New perimeter mapped at 53 acres (national perimeter feed)

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  6. Williamsburg - 115 Oakland Dr Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  7. Williamsburg - 115 Oakland Dr Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  8. Darlington - 861 Davis Street Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  9. Darlington - 861 Davis Street Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  10. Hardeman - Newcastle Drive Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 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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