2026 Georgia Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Georgia
Largest wildfires in Georgia this season
All 2026 Georgia Fires · 9 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Georgia. 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 Georgia, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Georgia is listed too, at its Georgia acres, and is not added to the Georgia fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineland Road Fire | Clinch | Apr 18, 2026 | 10% | Inactive | 32,031 | 30.7676, -82.7945 | — |
| Hwy 82 Fire | Brantley | Apr 20, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 22,419 | 31.2847, -81.8178 | — |
| Mitchell Fire | Ware | Aug 23, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1,030 | 30.6284, -82.2464 | 30.5586, -82.2629 |
| Main Trail Fire | Chatham | Aug 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 841 | 31.8701, -80.9868 | 31.8725, -80.9883 |
| Rich Mountain Fire | Union | Mar 25, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 250 | 34.6759, -84.0459 | 34.6806, -84.0427 |
| Billy'S Island Fire | Charlton | May 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 95 | 30.8242, -82.3303 | 30.8173, -82.3292 |
| Hazelnut Fire | White | Apr 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 24 | 34.6781, -83.8777 | 34.6709, -83.8728 |
| Sapp Prairie Fire | Clinch | Jul 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 22 | 30.5970, -82.4422 | 30.5948, -82.4393 |
| Jones Round Oak Juliette Rd Fire | Jones | Mar 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 16 | 33.1004, -83.7513 | 33.1002, -83.7538 |
| Also burned into Georgia | |||||||
| Sargent Fire from Florida | Columbia | Apr 2, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1,513 of 2,523 | 30.5792, -82.4637 | 30.5677, -82.4284 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 9 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 58,241 | |||
Land cover · Georgia 2026
Burned acres in Georgia 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.
Forest ownership · Georgia 2026
Burned forest acres in Georgia 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.
Burn severity · Georgia 2026
Burned acres in Georgia for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.