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Fires Near Charlotte, NC

Live wildfire tracking around Charlotte: 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 · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Charlotte, NC

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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 53 active fires within 300 miles of Charlotte, NC, including 7 within 100 miles. None are inside Charlotte city limits. The most significant is the CLARENDON - 2961 Dubose Road fire, 105 miles away at 15 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Charlotte, NC in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Remount monitor 2 miles away is moderate (AQI 54).

House pin: Charlotte, NC. Bold outline: Charlotte 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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14 acres
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423 acres
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1,028 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 Charlotte, 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 Charlotte, NC

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Charlotte

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%

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    4 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Parkers Branch Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    8 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  8. Belles Fork Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  9. Belles Fork Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

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

    11 hours ago · November 10, 2026

Historic fires near Charlotte

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Brushy Ridge Complex
2000
10,081 acres · 76 mi away
Party Rock
2016
7,142 acres · 79 mi away
Chestnut Knob
2016
6,435 acres · 51 mi away
Linville Complex
2007
5,900 acres · 73 mi away
White Creek
2017
5,538 acres · 72 mi away
Railroad Grade 2016
2016
1,727 acres · 98 mi away

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