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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
51 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Charleston, SC

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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 25 active fires within 300 miles of Charleston, SC, including 9 within 100 miles. None are inside Charleston city limits. The most significant is the Main Trail fire, 88 miles away at 841 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 good (AQI 39).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 19 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 16 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

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.

Evacuation status

South Carolina 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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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
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3 acres
≤ 100 mi
9
1,269 acres
≤ 200 mi
18
2,979 acres
≤ 300 mi
25
6,835 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.

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

    44 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    45 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  3. Sargent Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

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

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

  5. 1339 Mcmillan Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · September 22, 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. Horry - Woodthrust Dr/ Hwy 17 Byp Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 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

How close have major wildfires come to your home in South Carolina? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.