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South Carolina currently has 3 active wildfires burning a combined 3,174 acres. 2 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, all of them at or above 50%. The biggest is the Woodbury fire in Marion County at 1,750 acres, 95% contained. The National Weather Service has 4 Heat Advisories in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 41).
Bold outline: South Carolina boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:59PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Coastal Bryan; Inland Chatham; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Inland McIntosh; Coastal McIntosh; Beaufort; Coastal Colleton; Charleston; Coastal Jasper; Tida…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:59PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC
Coastal Bryan; Inland Chatham; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Inland McIntosh; Coastal McIntosh; Beaufort; Coastal Colleton; Charleston; Coastal Jasper; Tida…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:37PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Bladen; Columbus; Inland Pender; Coastal Pender; Inland New Hanover; Coastal New Hanover; Inland Brunswick; Coastal Brunswick; Coastal Horry; Inland Georgetown;…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 1:37PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington NC
Bladen; Columbus; Inland Pender; Coastal Pender; Inland New Hanover; Coastal New Hanover; Inland Brunswick; Coastal Brunswick; Coastal Horry; Inland Georgetown;…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 7.1K acres have burned in South Carolina, 162% of the 4.4K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Fire | Marion | 1,750 acres | 95% | 6 days ago |
| Horse Island Fire | Berkeley | 1,012 acres | 100% | 4 days ago |
| Can City Fire | Colleton | 412 acres | 100% | 7 days ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 603 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, South Carolina averaged 6,773 acres burned and 67 fires per year. That is 213% up in acreage and 31% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
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