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Tennessee Wildfires: Live Fire Map

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Air quality · good statewide
Current situation

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Tennessee currently has 1 active wildfire burning a combined 1 acres. The biggest is the Hardeman - Newcastle Drive fire in Hardeman County at 1 acres, 100% contained.
No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality is good across all 34 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 20, peak 45).
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Bold outline: Tennessee boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

Evacuation status in Tennessee

Tennessee 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

51% of an average year
Burned so far in 20266.8K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)13K acres

So far in 2026, 6.8K acres have burned in Tennessee, 51% of the 13K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Tennessee

Latest fire updates in Tennessee

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

  1. Hardeman - Newcastle Drive Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

  2. Hardeman - Newcastle Drive Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 days ago · September 21, 2026

Wildfire history in Tennessee

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2016
Worst year · 66K acres
336
Fires / year · average
4,368
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
2,223
Structures destroyed
15
Lives lost
$24.5M
Reported cost

From 456 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
66K
33K
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
5.6K
2.8K
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October and November account for 56% of the acreage burned in Tennessee in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.

Fires recorded by year
5981.2K2014: 6 fires20142015: 24 fires2016: 188 fires20162017: 50 fires2018: 20 fires20182019: 54 fires2020: 38 fires20202021: 232 fires2022: 252 fires20222023: 1.2K fires2024: 761 fires20242025: 882 fires2026: 666 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Tennessee averaged 13K acres burned and 751 fires per year. That is 27% up in acreage and 882% 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 Tennessee? 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 Tennessee

  • Chimney Tops 220162,066 structures destroyed · 14 deaths17,140 acres
  • Stinking Creek201610,586 acres
  • Sharp20017,380 acres
  • Big South Fork Complex20006,555 acres
  • North-End Complex20012,615 acres

Fires near a city in Tennessee

NashvilleGatlinburg

Nearby states

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