2026 Berkeley County, South Carolina Wildfires

United StatesSouth Carolina › Berkeley County

0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +4 vs same period last year
1,689 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,689 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Berkeley County

Jul 18 Started 1,012 acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Horse Island Fire
Jun 27 Started 30 acres 23 football fields 349 Fire
Jun 13 Started 222 acres 171 football fields Fowler Cemetery Fire
Mar 24 Started 425 acres 327 football fields 50% the size of Central Park Bullhead Fire

Largest wildfires in Berkeley County this season

1,012 Acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Horse Island Fire Awendaw
425 Acres 327 football fields 50% the size of Central Park Bullhead Fire Bonneau
222 Acres 171 football fields Fowler Cemetery Fire Awendaw
30 Acres 23 football fields 349 Fire Bonneau

All 2026 Berkeley County Fires · 4 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Berkeley County is listed too, at its Berkeley County acres, and is not added to the Berkeley County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Berkeley 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
Horse Island Fire Jul 18, 2026 100% Inactive 1,012 33.1818, -79.6614 33.1889, -79.6625
Bullhead Fire Mar 24, 2026 100% Inactive 425 33.1920, -79.8697 33.1892, -79.8640
Fowler Cemetery Fire Jun 13, 2026 100% Inactive 222 33.0301, -79.7479 33.0343, -79.7437
349 Fire Jun 27, 2026 Inactive 30 33.3033, -79.8127 33.3034, -79.8104
Totals 2026 Season Fires 4 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 1,689

Land cover · Berkeley County 2026

Burned acres in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County % of burned % of Berkeley County
Forest 1,480 87.5% 69.9%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.2%
Grassland 178 10.5% 10.7%
Other 32 1.9% 19.2%
Measured acres in Berkeley County 1,690
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Berkeley County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Horse Island Fire 1,012 1,014 827 0 171 15 0
Bullhead Fire 425 427 408 0 6 12 0
Fowler Cemetery Fire 222 222 217 0 0 4 0
349 Fire 30 28 28 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 1,689
Offered to measurement 4 1,689
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 4 1,689
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Berkeley County 0 0
Measured acres in Berkeley County 4 1,690
Measured acres outside Berkeley County 0
Whole perimeter acres 1,690
Reported minus measured -1
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Berkeley County 2026

Burned forest acres in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County % of burned forest % of Berkeley County's forestland
Public 1,477 99.8% 44.1%
Federal 1,477 99.8% 35.9%
State 0 0.0% 6.3%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 1.9%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 0 0.0% 55.9%
Family 0 0.0% 18.6%
Corporate 0 0.0% 31.2%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 4.4%
Other private 0 0.0% 1.6%
Ownership not modeled 2 0.2%
Burned forest in Berkeley County 1,480
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Berkeley County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Horse Island Fire 827 827 0 0 0 0 0
Bullhead Fire 408 406 0 0 0 0 2
Fowler Cemetery Fire 217 217 0 0 0 0 0
349 Fire 28 28 0 0 0 0 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 6,653 1,480
Land cover Forest cells 6,653 1,480
Equal 6,653

Search Fires

🔥 Horse Island Fire 2026
Started: Jul 18 1,012 acre 100% contained
🔥 349 Fire 2026
Started: Jun 27 30 acre
🔥 Fowler Cemetery Fire 2026
Started: Jun 13 222 acre 100% contained
🔥 Bullhead Fire 2026
Started: Mar 24 425 acre 100% contained