2026 Clay County, Alabama Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
1 2026 Season Fires ▲ +1 vs same period last year
1,020 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,020 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Clay County

Mar 21 Started 1,020 acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Burgess East Fire

Largest wildfires in Clay County this season

1,020 Acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Burgess East Fire Ashland

All 2026 Clay County Fires · 1 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Clay County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Clay County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Clay County is listed too, at its Clay County acres, and is not added to the Clay County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Clay County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Burgess East Fire Mar 21, 2026 100% Inactive 1,020 33.3758, -85.9069 33.3641, -85.9179
Totals 2026 Season Fires 1 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 1,020

Land cover · Clay County 2026

Burned acres in Clay County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Clay County % of burned % of Clay County
Forest 844 85.1% 78.8%
Range (shrubland) 2 0.2% 0.1%
Grassland 115 11.6% 16.8%
Other 31 3.1% 4.4%
Measured acres in Clay County 993 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Clay County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Burgess East Fire 1,020 993 844 2 115 31 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 1 1,020
Offered to measurement 1 1,020
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 1 1,020
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Clay County 0 0
Measured acres in Clay County 1 993
Measured acres outside Clay County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 993
Reported minus measured — 27
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Clay County 2026

Burned forest acres in Clay County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Clay County % of burned forest % of Clay County's forestland
Public 825 97.7% 20.3%
Federal 825 97.7% 19.8%
State 0 0.0% 0.5%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 5 0.6% 79.7%
Family 5 0.6% 68.1%
Corporate 0 0.0% 10.6%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 1.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 14 1.7% —
Burned forest in Clay County 844 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Clay County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Burgess East Fire 844 825 0 0 0 5 14

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 3,796 844
Land cover Forest cells 3,796 844
Equal 3,796

Search Fires

🔥 Burgess East Fire 2026
Started: Mar 21 1,020 acre 100% contained
Near Ashland · Clay County, Alabama