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South Carolina Wildfires: Live Fire Map

23
Active fires
258
Acres
0
Under 50% contained
44
Typical air quality · worst 61 near North Charleston F.S.
Current situation

South Carolina

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
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New fires (48h)
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Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
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FireNearby does not have a live evacuation feed for any of South Carolina's 46 counties, so evacuation orders and warnings there will not appear here. Check local official emergency channels for notices.
South Carolina currently has 23 active wildfires burning a combined 258 acres. The biggest is the Hewitt Lane fire in Georgetown County at 109 acres, 100% contained. 6 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Typical air quality across the state's 10 monitoring stations is good (AQI 44); the worst reading right now is AQI 61 (moderate) near North Charleston F.S..
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Bold outline: South Carolina boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in South Carolina

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This season vs the last decade

175% of normal for Nov 10
Burned so far in 20267.4K acres
10-year average by Nov 10 (2016–2025)4.2K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)4.3K acres

So far in 2026, 7.4K acres have burned in South Carolina, 175% of the 4.2K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 4.3K acres.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.

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. Clarendon - 2026 Rogers Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    1 hour ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Clarendon - 2026 Rogers Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    1 hour ago · November 10, 2026

  3. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    2 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  6. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  8. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  9. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  10. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  11. Allendale 0 Little Hell Rd Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    27 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  12. Allendale 0 Little Hell Rd Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    27 hours ago · November 9, 2026

Wildfire history in South Carolina

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2025
Worst year · 22K acres
58
Fires / year · average
754
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
22K
11K
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
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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: 77 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, South Carolina averaged 6,715 acres burned and 69 fires per year. That is 210% up in acreage and 34% 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 (122)Oregon (42)Wisconsin (30)Minnesota (28)Texas (24)Kentucky (23)