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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
53 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Charlotte, NC

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 22 active fires within 300 miles of Charlotte, NC, including 6 within 100 miles. None are inside Charlotte city limits. The most significant is the Jumping Branch fire, 81 miles away at 420 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 good (AQI 22).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 12 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 8 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: Charlotte, NC. Bold outline: Charlotte city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

North 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
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
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2 acres
≤ 100 mi
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561 acres
≤ 200 mi
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2,225 acres
≤ 300 mi
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4,109 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.

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

    47 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    47 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  3. 1339 Mcmillan Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

  8. Horry - Woodthrust Dr/ Hwy 17 Byp Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  9. Horry - Woodthrust Dr/ Hwy 17 Byp Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  10. Dillon - Butler Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 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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