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Fires Near Nashville, TNUnited States flag

Live wildfire tracking around Nashville: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Live risk assessment for Nashville, TN

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

There are no active wildfires within 300 miles of Nashville, TN right now. The National Weather Service has 6 Heat Advisories in effect covering the surrounding area. Air quality at this location is moderate (AQI 56).

Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 2 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 18 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.
  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
No active fires within 300 miles of Nashville, TN.

House pin: Nashville, TN. Bold outline: Nashville city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Wind arrows appear on significant fires as you zoom in.

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6 active weather alerts
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 12:00 PM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Marshall; Benton; Tippah; Alcorn; Tishomingo; Prentiss; Lafayette; Union; Pontotoc; Lee; Itawamba; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Monroe; McNairy; Hardin

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 12:00 PM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 12:00 PM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN

Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:00 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 10:21AM CDT until August 14 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Nashville TN

Stewart; Montgomery; Robertson; Sumner; Houston; Humphreys; Dickson; Cheatham; Davidson; Wilson; Trousdale; Smith; Perry; Hickman; Lewis; Williamson; Maury; Rut…

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:00 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 10:21AM CDT until August 14 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Nashville TN

Macon; Marshall; Cannon; Bedford; Coffee; Wayne; Lawrence; Giles

Read full alert at weather.gov
Heat Advisoryuntil Aug 12, 6:15 AM

Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 9:18AM CDT until August 14 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Huntsville AL

Lauderdale; Colbert; Franklin; Lawrence; Limestone; Madison; Morgan; Marshall; Jackson; DeKalb; Cullman; Moore; Lincoln; Franklin

Read full alert at weather.gov

Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

This season vs the last decade

168% of an average year
Burned so far in 202623 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)14 acres

So far in 2026, 23 acres have burned within 25 miles of Nashville, 168% of the 14 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

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Historic fires near Nashville

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Bench Bluff
2016
2,018 acres · 95 mi away

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Emergency resources for Tennessee

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

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