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Appalachian Trail Fires - 2026

These are the most recent Appalachian Trail fires, AT fire perimeters and national surface smoke information.

The table below shows fires near the AT. Fires on trail or within a mile of the trail will show red text. If a fire perimeter intersects the trail the table will show start/end trail mile, first encounter to last encounter, the entire segment is not necessarily burned.

View maps of national surface smoke, near trail fires/perimeters or both layers together. Fires/perimeters are updated daily, surface smoke is updated hourly.

Surface smoke data and fire weather is from NOAA, fires/perimeters are from National Interagency Fire Center and hot spots are from NASA.

Fire Year (1950 to present):

Updated: Apr 14, 2026

#UpdatedFire Name
(click for map)		Miles
from trail		Nearest
Trail Mile		Start/End
Trail Mile		Acres
1Apr 13, 2026Charcoal0.041262.4-20
2Apr 13, 2026Rich Mountain0.7218.6-250
3Apr 13, 2026Unicoi - Tilson Mountain Road2.99328.4-7
4Apr 13, 2026Hazelnut3.3335.6-40
5Apr 13, 2026Carter - Blevins Road3.36368.7-2
6Apr 13, 2026Carter-scalf Road4.21367.9-5
7Apr 13, 202620260194.661612.7-1
8Apr 13, 202620260154.901729.8-1
9Apr 13, 2026Cocke - U.s. 257.08263.4-20
10Apr 13, 2026Carter - Holston Mountain Road7.22426.8-3
11Apr 13, 2026Broken Rake Fire7.502021.0-1
12Apr 13, 2026Sevier - Evans Chapel Road9.66217.0-2
13Apr 13, 202620260219.771716.5-12
14Apr 13, 2026110409a10.651860.3-2
15Apr 13, 2026Sevier - 3192 Boogertown Road11.24207.6-1
16Apr 13, 2026Edgemont Road12.04389.3-2
17Apr 13, 2026Fairway12.241329.2-4
18Apr 12, 2026Jack Branch2.10286.4-10
19Apr 12, 2026Upper Trace Branch18.73563.7-246
20Apr 11, 2026Yahoola Fire2.1720.4-3
21Apr 11, 2026Cole Gap15.1799.8-10
22Apr 10, 2026Carter - Rx Dark Ridge Road0.95401.6-10
23Apr 10, 2026Washington - Highway 81 South5.50345.6-30
24Apr 10, 2026Rochester11.40202.4-1
25Apr 10, 2026140409a12.431826.6-10
26Apr 9, 2026Sullivan - Troublesome Hollow Road7.57447.8-1
27Apr 9, 2026Craft Hollow15.38717.3-4
28Apr 8, 2026Big Meadows West Rx0.18923.3-60
29Apr 8, 2026Sevier - Sherwood Heights Way11.56207.6-2
30Apr 8, 2026Sullivan - Alex Lane15.49428.1-15
31Apr 7, 2026Unicoi - Banner Road1.64350.2-20
32Apr 6, 2026Wiggins2.59137.2-5
33Apr 6, 2026Pine Lane5.7420.5-10
34Apr 4, 2026Fox Gap2.47169.5-112
35Apr 4, 202620260135.231624.9-1
36Apr 4, 202620260125.581625.0-2
37Apr 4, 202620260095.641625.0-1
38Apr 3, 2026Poplar0.18355.6-350
39Apr 2, 2026Rapidan Camp2.26922.3-20
40Apr 2, 2026Tarkiln Ridge14.44148.7-400
41Apr 1, 2026Rabbit7.39175.9-48
42Apr 1, 2026Bull Sluice16.1995.9-1
43Mar 31, 2026Carter - Fiddlehead Road4.21368.1-40
44Mar 31, 2026Carter - Browns Branch Road4.98367.9-2
45Mar 31, 2026Carter - Cripple Creek Road9.20426.8-1
46Mar 31, 2026202600414.971740.9-5
47Mar 30, 2026Greene- Rx Rifle Range Lane2.55304.4-10
48Mar 29, 2026Dancing Gap9.98187.0-1
49Mar 28, 2026Armstrong Creek Rd 220.17382.1-10
50Mar 27, 2026Otto Meadow Rx5.231038.0-56
51Mar 27, 2026Blount - Happy Valley Road10.44175.9-53
52Mar 26, 2026Greene - Susong Road3.51293.8-1
53Mar 25, 2026Sevier - Old Mountain Road9.09216.1-1
54Mar 24, 2026Nan Split White Oak Rx0.95123.9-1025
55Mar 24, 2026Carter- Rx Bailey Road3.97419.4-13
56Mar 24, 2026Eca Kituwah Rx9.80202.4-14
57Mar 22, 2026Tus Wolfe Ridge Rx13.39115.8-1957
58Mar 20, 2026Eca Dobson Ridge Rx9.69220.4-113
59Mar 19, 2026Floy6.92219.5-1
60Mar 19, 2026Kate9.80209.4-1
61Mar 19, 2026Greene - Old Snapps Ferry Road18.53304.9-1
62Mar 13, 2026Sevier - Haney Road17.03193.8-1
63Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Iris Way9.72228.7-1
64Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Upper Middle Creek Road11.26216.1-1
65Mar 6, 2026Blount - Old Oliver Road13.54181.6-6
66Mar 4, 2026Blount - Rx Bethel Church Road7.05187.0-9
67Mar 3, 2026Carter - Minton Hollow Road4.98426.8-4
68Mar 1, 2026Eca Cow Mtn Rx10.28211.4-1
69Feb 20, 2026Brown Tract Rx15.0827.2-17
70Feb 17, 2026Winding Stair A1.00110.8-242
71Feb 13, 2026Blount - East Millers Cove Road12.39183.1-4
72Feb 11, 2026Washington - Barkley Road14.30305.2-50
73Jan 28, 2026Carter - Blue Springs Road2.95433.1-7
74Jan 28, 2026Sevier - Henry Town Road7.35227.6-2
75Jan 8, 2026Unicoi - Rx Honeycutt Road6.68359.5-10
76Jan 6, 2026Cocke-goodwater Road18.06263.4-2
77Jan 2, 2026Wildcat8.80209.4-1

Change Log

May 31, 2023: Adapted to new interactive map. Data changed 1950 to present.

March 1, 2023: Fixed for NIFC data source changes.

June 19, 2021: Fixed for NIFC data source changes.

April 18, 2021: Added all fires from 1801 to present.

August 30, 2020: Added 'Nearest Trail Mile'.

August 24, 2020: Added surface smoke.

August 23, 2020: Added hotspots.

August 19, 2020: Initial release.

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