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Fires Near Gatlinburg, TN

Live wildfire tracking around Gatlinburg: 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
77 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

All clear

Live risk assessment for Gatlinburg, TN

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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 20 active fires within 300 miles of Gatlinburg, TN, including 1 within 100 miles. None are inside Gatlinburg city limits. The most significant is the Jumping Branch fire, 77 miles away at 420 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Gatlinburg, TN in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Cove Mountain - GSMNP monitor 6 miles away is good (AQI 36).

House pin: Gatlinburg, TN. Bold outline: Gatlinburg city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Tennessee 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

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420 acres
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550 acres
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1,771 acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 202697 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)3.7K acres

So far in 2026, 97 acres have burned within 25 miles of Gatlinburg, 3% of the 3.7K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Gatlinburg, TN

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Gatlinburg

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

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

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

    46 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    46 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  4. 1339 Mcmillan Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

Historic fires near Gatlinburg

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Se District Complex
2000
35,000 acres · 70 mi away
Rough Ridge
2016
27,870 acres · 82 mi away
Rock Mountain
2016
24,725 acres · 53 mi away
Chimney Tops 2
2016
17,140 acres · 6 mi away · 14 deaths
Tellico
2016
13,874 acres · 30 mi away
Pinnacle Mountain
2016
10,623 acres · 64 mi away

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