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South Carolina Wildfires: Live Fire Map

12
Active fires
211
Acres
1
Under 50% contained
22
Air quality · good statewide
Current situation

South Carolina

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
1
Dispatch reports (24h)
0
NWS alerts
0
South Carolina currently has 12 active wildfires burning a combined 211 acres. The biggest is the 0505N fire in Chesterfield County at 85 acres. One new fire has been discovered in the past 48 hours.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality is good across all 19 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 22, peak 48).
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Bold outline: South Carolina boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in South Carolina

South Carolina does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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This season vs the last decade

167% of an average year
Burned so far in 20267.3K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)4.4K acres

So far in 2026, 7.3K acres have burned in South Carolina, 167% of the 4.4K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in South Carolina

Latest fire updates in South Carolina

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%

    44 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    45 hours ago · September 24, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 22, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

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

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  10. Dillon - Butler Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  11. Williamsburg- 32 West Gapway Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    7 days ago · September 19, 2026

  12. Williamsburg- 32 West Gapway Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · September 18, 2026

Wildfire history in South Carolina

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2025
Worst year · 23K acres
58
Fires / year · average
752
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
708
Structures destroyed
3
Lives lost
$10.3M
Reported cost

From 603 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
23K
11K
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'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
2.4K
1.2K
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March and April account for 79% of the acreage burned in South Carolina in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
521032014: 21 fires20142015: 33 fires2016: 54 fires20162017: 84 fires2018: 53 fires20182019: 60 fires2020: 34 fires20202021: 71 fires2022: 76 fires20222023: 36 fires2024: 52 fires20242025: 103 fires2026: 75 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, South Carolina averaged 6,818 acres burned and 68 fires per year. That is 215% up in acreage and 33% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Wildfire history near you

How close have major wildfires come to your home in South Carolina? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.

Largest fires on record in South Carolina

  • Highway 31 Fire200996 structures destroyed19,130 acres
  • Pinnacle Mountain20161 structure destroyed10,623 acres
  • Pinewood20013,800 acres
  • Impact19992,484 acres
  • Windy201116 structures destroyed2,467 acres

Fires near a city in South Carolina

Charleston

Nearby states

California (200)Texas (114)Oregon (80)New Mexico (77)Oklahoma (64)Montana (59)