Burn severity · Tennessee 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Tennessee
Unburned to very low 997 0 4 12 0 1,013
Low 46 0 0 1 0 46
Moderate low 38 0 0 1 0 40
Moderate high 27 0 0 1 0 28
High 17 0 0 1 0 18
Assessed acres in Tennessee 1,125 0 4 16 0 1,145
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Tennessee Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Appalachia Fire 650 651 610 11 9 9 12
Rx -Shil Rx Fy26 Dill Branch Fire 218 224 224 0 0 0 0
Bsp -Cactus Fire 220 220 129 36 30 19 6
Rabbit Fire 45 48 48 0 0 0 0
Chestnut Ridge Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Bsp -Burke Homesite Rx Fire 67 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 6 1,202
Offered to assessment 6 1,202
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 5 1,135
Awaiting a perimeter 1 67
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Tennessee 0 0
Assessed acres in Tennessee 5 1,145
Assessed acres outside Tennessee — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 1,145
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-11-10 16:30 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-11-10 16:30 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for TN. 30 m cells.