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Fires Near Charleston, SC

Live wildfire tracking around Charleston: 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
33 mi
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Charleston, SC

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 33 miles away.
There are currently 28 active fires within 300 miles of Charleston, SC, including 19 within 100 miles. None are inside Charleston city limits. The most significant is the Hewitt Lane fire, 49 miles away at 109 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Charleston, SC in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the North Charleston F.S. monitor 4 miles away is moderate (AQI 59).

House pin: Charleston, SC. Bold outline: Charleston 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

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123 acres
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241 acres
≤ 200 mi
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258 acres
≤ 300 mi
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2,319 acres

This season vs the last decade

95% of an average year
Burned so far in 2026239 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)253 acres

So far in 2026, 239 acres have burned within 25 miles of Charleston, 95% of the 253 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 Charleston, SC

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Charleston

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

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

    4 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    6 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    12 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  8. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    12 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  9. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    27 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  10. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    27 hours ago · November 9, 2026

Historic fires near Charleston

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Highway 31 Fire
2009
19,130 acres · 93 mi away
Windy
2011
2,467 acres · 40 mi away
Monkey Face Complex
2002
2,280 acres · 38 mi away
Rifle
2011
1,933 acres · 25 mi away
Long Bay
2001
1,911 acres · 98 mi away
Little Hellhole
2003
1,834 acres · 28 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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