2026 Tennessee Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Tennessee
Largest wildfires in Tennessee this season
All 2026 Tennessee Fires · 5 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Tennessee is listed too, at its Tennessee acres, and is not added to the Tennessee fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachia Fire | Polk | Apr 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 650 | 35.1673, -84.3721 | 35.2137, -84.3807 |
| Rx -Shil Rx Fy26 Dill Branch Fire | Hardin | Mar 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 218 | 35.1458, -88.3256 | 35.1461, -88.3256 |
| Bsp -Burke Homesite Rx Fire | Scott | Mar 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 67 | 36.4570, -84.6920 | — |
| Rabbit Fire | Blount | Mar 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 45 | 35.5999, -83.9218 | 35.6207, -83.9304 |
| Chestnut Ridge Fire | Polk | Apr 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 35.0607, -84.4777 | 35.0567, -84.4940 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 5 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 982 |
Land cover · Tennessee 2026
Burned acres in Tennessee 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 · Tennessee 2026
Burned forest acres in Tennessee 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 · Tennessee 2026
Burned acres in Tennessee 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.