2026 Alabama Wildfires

1 Active Fires

26 Acres Burning 20 football fields

13 2026 Season Fires ▲ +11 (+550%) vs same period last year

4,356 2026 Season Acres ▲ +3,318 (+320%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Alabama

Sep 9 Started 26 acres 20 football fields Bobo Fire

May 17 Started 311 acres 239 football fields Hollow Ridge Fire

Largest wildfires in Alabama this season

1,650 Acres 2.0x the size of Central Park Williams Creek Fire Maplesville

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

500 Acres 59% the size of Central Park 385 football fields Liri Ne Complex Rx Fire Fort Payne

434 Acres 334 football fields 51% the size of Central Park Hobe Northeast Rx Fire New Site

311 Acres 239 football fields Hollow Ridge Fire Piedmont

All 2026 Alabama Fires · 13 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Alabama. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in Alabama, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Alabama is listed too, at its Alabama acres, and is not added to the Alabama fire counts.

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Williams Creek Fire	Perry	Apr 5, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,650	32.7593, -87.0262	32.7654, -87.0424
Burgess East Fire	Clay	Mar 21, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,020	33.3758, -85.9069	33.3641, -85.9179
Liri Ne Complex Rx Fire	Cherokee	Mar 1, 2026	—	Inactive	500	34.4231, -85.5821	34.4147, -85.5931
Hobe Northeast Rx Fire	Tallapoosa	Feb 10, 2026	—	Inactive	434	32.9846, -85.7419	32.9833, -85.7333
Hollow Ridge Fire	Cherokee	May 17, 2026	—	Inactive	311	33.9653, -85.4742	33.6447, -85.6329
Nps Freedom Hills West Rx Fire	Colbert	Mar 19, 2026	—	Inactive	134	34.7013, -88.0476	34.7136, -88.0331
Duck Nest Fire	Cleburne	Mar 22, 2026	—	Inactive	122	33.5081, -85.8352	33.5074, -85.8312
Liberty Fire	Cleburne	Mar 25, 2026	—	Inactive	93	33.8561, -85.4966	33.8623, -85.5085
Montgomery Creek Fire	Lawrence	Apr 7, 2026	—	Inactive	47	34.3871, -87.3440	34.3722, -87.3637
Bobo Fire	Cleburne	Sep 9, 2026	—	Active	26	33.6282, -85.6405	33.6300, -85.6420
Morgan Lake Fire	Cleburne	Apr 13, 2026	—	Inactive	18	33.5582, -85.7272	33.5595, -85.7260
State Line Fire	Mobile	Jan 31, 2026	—	Inactive	1	30.4721, -88.4042	—
Abel Fire	Cleburne	Apr 3, 2026	—	Inactive	0	33.5611, -85.7052	33.5610, -85.7045
Totals		2026 Season Fires 13	Active Fires 1	Acres Burning 26	2026 Season Acres 4,356

Land cover · Alabama 2026

Burned acres in Alabama 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 Alabama	% of burned	% of Alabama
Forest	4,396	94.6%	67.9%
Range (shrubland)	2	0.1%	0.2%
Grassland	127	2.7%	19.8%
Other	123	2.7%	12.0%
Measured acres in Alabama	4,648	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Alabama	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Williams Creek Fire	1,650	1,648	1,619	0	7	21
Liri Ne Complex Rx Fire	500	1,109	1,094	0	0	16
Burgess East Fire	1,020	993	844	2	115	31
Hobe Northeast Rx Fire	434	251	248	0	0	4
Hollow Ridge Fire	311	202	201	0	2	0
Nps Freedom Hills West Rx Fire	134	135	90	0	1	44
Duck Nest Fire	122	128	126	0	0	2
Liberty Fire	93	93	89	0	1	4
Montgomery Creek Fire	47	45	44	0	1	0
Bobo Fire	26	27	27	0	0	0
Morgan Lake Fire	18	18	15	0	0	3

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
State Line Fire	1	1	Every cell outside Alabama
Abel Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	13	4,356
Offered to measurement	13	4,356
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	11	4,355
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	0
Every cell outside Alabama	1	1
Measured acres in Alabama	11	4,648
Measured acres outside Alabama	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	4,648
Reported minus measured	—	-293
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

Forest ownership · Alabama 2026

Burned forest acres in Alabama 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 Alabama	% of burned forest	% of Alabama's forestland
Public	4,097	93.2%	7.1%
Federal	4,022	91.5%	4.3%
State	74	1.7%	2.0%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.9%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	243	5.5%	92.9%
Family	37	0.8%	56.8%
Corporate	205	4.7%	25.2%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	10.3%
Other private	0	0.0%	0.6%
Ownership not modeled	56	1.3%	—
Burned forest in Alabama	4,396	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Alabama	Federal	State	Private	Not modeled
Williams Creek Fire	1,619	1,428	0	189	2
Liri Ne Complex Rx Fire	1,094	1,053	2	16	22
Burgess East Fire	844	825	0	5	14
Hobe Northeast Rx Fire	248	246	0	0	2
Hollow Ridge Fire	201	176	0	24	0
Duck Nest Fire	126	124	0	0	2
Nps Freedom Hills West Rx Fire	90	0	72	5	13
Liberty Fire	89	88	0	0	0
Montgomery Creek Fire	44	44	0	0	0
Bobo Fire	27	24	0	3	0
Morgan Lake Fire	15	14	0	0	1