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Fires Near Jacksonville, FL

Live wildfire tracking around Jacksonville: 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
43 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Jacksonville, FL

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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.

  • The nearest fire is 43 miles away.
There are currently 19 active fires within 300 miles of Jacksonville, FL, including 4 within 100 miles. None are inside Jacksonville city limits. The most significant is the Sargent fire, 49 miles away at 2,523 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Jacksonville, FL in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Kooker Park monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 43).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 4 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: Jacksonville, FL. Bold outline: Jacksonville city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Florida 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
2
2,576 acres
≤ 100 mi
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2,752 acres
≤ 200 mi
10
5,254 acres
≤ 300 mi
19
41K acres

This season vs the last decade

2% of an average year
Burned so far in 202610 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)422 acres

So far in 2026, 10 acres have burned within 25 miles of Jacksonville, 2% of the 422 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Jacksonville, FL

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Jacksonville

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

  1. Stonebrook Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    20 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  2. Stonebrook Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    28 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Stonebrook Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    30 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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

    44 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    45 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  6. H2 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · September 24, 2026

  7. Sargent Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

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

    2 days ago · September 23, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

Historic fires near Jacksonville

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Honey Prairie
2011
309,200 acres · 50 mi away
West Mims
2017
152,515 acres · 43 mi away
Blackjack Bay Complex
2002
124,104 acres · 45 mi away
Sweat Farm Road
2007
68,361 acres · 78 mi away
Sweat Farm Again
2011
20,934 acres · 79 mi away
Hickory Island
1999
14,128 acres · 39 mi away

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