2026 South Carolina Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

5 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 (+67%) vs same period last year

2,321 2026 Season Acres ▼ -14,000 (-86%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in South Carolina

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

Largest wildfires in South Carolina this season

1,012 Acres Slightly smaller than Lincoln Park Horse Island Fire Awendaw

632 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park 486 football fields Woodlawn Fire Evans

425 Acres 327 football fields 50% the size of Central Park Bullhead Fire Bonneau

All 2026 South Carolina Fires · 5 fires

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

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Fire	County	Start date	Containment	Status	Acres	Center	Ignition point
Horse Island Fire	Berkeley	Jul 18, 2026	100%	Inactive	1,012	33.1818, -79.6614	33.1889, -79.6625
Woodlawn Fire	McCormick	Mar 13, 2026	100%	Inactive	632	33.6331, -82.1183	33.6342, -82.1117
Bullhead Fire	Berkeley	Mar 24, 2026	100%	Inactive	425	33.1920, -79.8697	33.1892, -79.8640
Fowler Cemetery Fire	Berkeley	Jun 13, 2026	100%	Inactive	222	33.0301, -79.7479	33.0343, -79.7437
349 Fire	Berkeley	Jun 27, 2026	—	Inactive	30	33.3033, -79.8127	33.3034, -79.8104
Totals		2026 Season Fires 5	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 2,321

Land cover · South Carolina 2026

Burned acres in South Carolina 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 South Carolina	% of burned	% of South Carolina
Forest	2,098	90.4%	63.4%
Range (shrubland)	0	0.0%	0.3%
Grassland	184	7.9%	18.1%
Other	40	1.7%	18.2%
Measured acres in South Carolina	2,322	—	—

Measured fires

Fire	Reported acres	Acres in South Carolina	Forest	Grassland	Other
Horse Island Fire	1,012	1,014	827	171	15
Woodlawn Fire	632	631	618	6	7
Bullhead Fire	425	427	408	6	12
Fowler Cemetery Fire	222	222	217	0	4
349 Fire	30	28	28	0	0

Reconciliation

Line	Fires	Acres
Counted fires	5	2,321
Offered to measurement	5	2,321
Complex roll-up residue	—	0
Fires with cells	5	2,321
Awaiting a perimeter	0	0
Awaiting measurement	0	0
Measurement errors	0	0
Smaller than one cell	0	0
Every cell outside South Carolina	0	0
Measured acres in South Carolina	5	2,322
Measured acres outside South Carolina	—	0
Whole perimeter acres	—	2,322
Reported minus measured	—	-1
Burned in from another state or province	0	0

Forest ownership · South Carolina 2026

Burned forest acres in South Carolina 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 South Carolina	% of burned forest	% of South Carolina's forestland
Public	2,084	99.3%	13.5%
Federal	1,921	91.6%	8.3%
State	163	7.8%	3.6%
Local (county, city)	0	0.0%	1.7%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Tribal	0	0.0%	0.0%
Private	4	0.2%	86.4%
Family	4	0.2%	51.7%
Corporate	0	0.0%	25.4%
TIMO/REIT	0	0.0%	7.9%
Other private	0	0.0%	1.5%
Ownership not modeled	9	0.4%	—
Burned forest in South Carolina	2,098	—	—