2026 Arkansas Wildfires

1 Active Fires

11 Acres Burning 8 football fields

20 2026 Season Fires ▲ +20 vs same period last year

3,950 2026 Season Acres ▲ +3,950 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Arkansas

Sep 9 Started 11 acres 8 football fields Yell 111 Fire

Aug 28 Started Silver Bridge Fire

Aug 23 Started 18 acres 14 football fields Prairie Island Fire

Largest wildfires in Arkansas this season

2,328 Acres 1.9x the size of Lincoln Park Pine Tree Rd Fire El Dorado

All 2026 Arkansas Fires · 20 fires

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

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Pine Tree Rd Fire	Union	Aug 20, 2026	80%	Inactive	2,328	33.1782, -92.5062	—
Lo Gap Fire	Van Buren	Mar 23, 2026	—	Inactive	760	35.5843, -92.6214	—
Nevada 400157 Fire	Nevada	Aug 11, 2026	—	Inactive	220	33.7537, -93.1383	—
O'Bryant State Assist Fire	Yell	Mar 31, 2026	—	Inactive	160	34.8371, -93.3147	34.8679, -93.4181
Whitzen Hallow Fire	Crawford	Feb 28, 2026	—	Inactive	150	35.7154, -94.4470	35.7210, -94.4420
700074 Fire	Van Buren	Mar 22, 2026	—	Inactive	100	35.5356, -92.7031	—
Ashley -100187 Fire	Ashley	Aug 21, 2026	—	Inactive	92	33.1639, -91.9165	—
Lucy Lane Fire	Scott	Mar 23, 2026	—	Inactive	47	34.8381, -94.3234	34.8355, -94.3214
700067 Fire	Conway	Mar 20, 2026	—	Inactive	19	35.4409, -92.6387	—
Prairie Island Fire	Bradley	Aug 23, 2026	—	Inactive	18	33.2220, -92.1364	33.2212, -92.1357
700087 Fire	Van Buren	Mar 24, 2026	—	Inactive	16	35.7245, -92.5927	—
700051 Fire	Van Buren	Mar 14, 2026	—	Inactive	12	35.6276, -92.3986	—
Yell 111 Fire	Yell	Sep 9, 2026	—	Active	11	34.9585, -93.3386	—
Lake Weddington Fire	Washington	Mar 22, 2026	—	Inactive	5	36.0970, -94.3701	36.0878, -94.3612
700069 Fire	Van Buren	Mar 21, 2026	—	Inactive	4	35.6251, -92.8032	—
Wallreak Fire	Yell	Aug 20, 2026	—	Inactive	3	34.9605, -93.6591	34.9641, -93.6225
Cossatot Fire	Polk	Aug 10, 2026	—	Inactive	2	34.3920, -94.1692	34.4097, -94.1643
700091 Fire	Van Buren	Mar 26, 2026	—	Inactive	2	35.5708, -92.4277	—
Bradley 132 Fire	Bradley	Jul 14, 2026	—	Inactive	1	33.6062, -92.2205	—
Silver Bridge Fire	Crawford	Aug 28, 2026	—	Inactive	0	35.7024, -94.3278	35.6718, -94.3432
Totals		2026 Season Fires 20	Active Fires 1	Acres Burning 11	2026 Season Acres 3,950

Land cover · Arkansas 2026

Burned acres in Arkansas 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 Arkansas	% of burned	% of Arkansas
Forest	3,058	75.5%	55.2%
Range (shrubland)	30	0.7%	0.1%
Grassland	874	21.6%	19.8%
Other	88	2.2%	24.9%
Measured acres in Arkansas	4,050	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in Arkansas	Forest	Range (shrubland)	Grassland	Other
Pine Tree Rd Fire	2,328	2,284	1,623	19	594	48
Lo Gap Fire	760	761	689	0	51	20
700074 Fire	100	230	224	0	2	4
Nevada 400157 Fire	220	220	81	2	133	4
O'Bryant State Assist Fire	160	153	86	0	65	2
Whitzen Hallow Fire	150	151	128	0	21	3
Ashley -100187 Fire	92	101	89	8	4	0
Lucy Lane Fire	47	48	48	0	0	0
700067 Fire	19	18	17	0	1	0
Lake Weddington Fire	5	17	13	0	0	4
Prairie Island Fire	18	17	17	0	0	0
700087 Fire	16	16	14	0	2	0
700051 Fire	12	11	10	0	0	1
Yell 111 Fire	11	11	10	0	1	0
700069 Fire	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wallreak Fire	3	4	4	0	0	0
700091 Fire	2	2	0	0	0	1
Bradley 132 Fire	1	1	0	0	0	0
Cossatot Fire	2	1	1	0	0	0

Fires awaiting measurement

Fire	Reported acres	Whole perimeter acres	Reason
Silver Bridge Fire	0	—	Smaller than one cell

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	20	3,950
Offered to measurement	20	3,950
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	19	3,950
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	1	0
Every cell outside Arkansas	0	0
Measured acres in Arkansas	19	4,050
Measured acres outside Arkansas	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	4,050
Reported minus measured	—	-100
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

Forest ownership · Arkansas 2026

Burned forest acres in Arkansas 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 Arkansas	% of burned forest	% of Arkansas's forestland
Public	344	11.3%	20.8%
Federal	122	4.0%	16.2%
State	222	7.3%	4.3%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	0.3%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	2,313	75.6%	79.2%
Family	127	4.2%	44.8%
Corporate	916	30.0%	16.4%
TIMO/REIT	1,269	41.5%	12.9%
Other private	0	0.0%	5.2%
Ownership not modeled	401	13.1%	—
Burned forest in Arkansas	3,058	—	—

Fires by owner

Fire	Forest acres in Arkansas	Federal	State	Private	Not modeled
Pine Tree Rd Fire	1,623	0	0	1,315	308
Lo Gap Fire	689	0	0	641	48
700074 Fire	224	0	222	0	2
Whitzen Hallow Fire	128	42	0	80	6
Ashley -100187 Fire	89	0	0	89	0
O'Bryant State Assist Fire	86	0	0	56	29
Nevada 400157 Fire	81	0	0	81	0
Lucy Lane Fire	48	38	0	10	0
700067 Fire	17	0	0	13	4
Prairie Island Fire	17	17	0	0	0
700087 Fire	14	0	0	13	1
Lake Weddington Fire	13	13	0	0	0
700051 Fire	10	0	0	7	3
Yell 111 Fire	10	7	0	4	0
700069 Fire	4	0	0	4	0
Wallreak Fire	4	4	0	0	0
Cossatot Fire	1	1	0	0	0
Bradley 132 Fire	0	0	0	0	0