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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.

Details: Last 72 hours shown. Full vertical column smoke, hot spots and burn scars. Land cover is a fire weather risk index comprised of: temperature, wind, relative humidity and ground surface moisture. Land cover fire risk is color-coded as: green (low), greenish-brown (moderate) and brown (high). Click Fire Name in the table below for interactive map with fire perimeters. Portfolio

Fire Year (1950 to present):

Updated: Jul 11, 2026

#UpdatedFire Name
(click for map)		Miles
from trail		Nearest
Trail Mile		Start/End
Trail Mile		Acres
1Jul 10, 2026Taylor Hollow3.78820.8-84
2Jul 7, 2026Brown Hill7.622064.0-1
3Jul 7, 2026Fairway12.241329.2-4
4Jul 7, 2026Upper Trace Branch18.73563.7-246
5Jul 6, 2026Dover Pit Fire19.602087.2-3
6Jun 25, 2026Fox Gap2.47169.5-112
7Jun 25, 2026Rabbit7.39175.9-48
8Jun 16, 2026Ebeemee Ridge Fire12.822125.9-4
9Jun 15, 202620260575.421710.9-1
10Jun 15, 202620260605.601717.0-1
11Jun 15, 2026202606111.051779.3-1
12May 29, 2026Long10.11263.4-1
13May 21, 2026Craft Hollow15.38717.3-4
14May 19, 2026Pine Lane5.7420.5-10
15May 18, 2026Nan Split White Oak Rx0.95123.9-1025
16May 18, 2026Oliverian Pond1.241791.9-7
17May 18, 2026Tus Wolfe Ridge Rx13.39115.8-1957
18May 18, 2026202605516.381740.9-1
19May 15, 202620260513.611738.1-1
20May 15, 202620260523.771709.3-3
21May 15, 2026140428a5.321792.1-1
22May 15, 2026140410a6.121780.5-2
23May 15, 202620260497.111685.1-1
24May 15, 2026140418a7.121791.6-5
25May 15, 202620260539.101685.5-4
26May 15, 2026202604815.811703.3-1
27May 14, 2026Wildcat8.80209.4-1
28May 12, 2026Swift Run0.28908.0-1
29May 12, 2026Brown Tract Rx15.0827.2-17
30May 8, 2026Otto Meadow Rx5.331038.0-56
31May 8, 2026Little Round Top/munshower Rx12.491108.1-72
32May 7, 2026Compound Fire10.462093.7-2
33May 7, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way12.85194.1-6
34May 6, 2026Hazelnut Fire3.1835.6-26
35May 6, 202620260465.971710.9-1
36May 6, 2026John Ford14.781579.0-3
37May 5, 20262026035On Trail1740.8-2
38May 5, 202620260261.731735.4-4
39May 4, 2026Grafton 7f Rx10.621791.6-2
40Apr 30, 20262026-mamas2.091586.5-1
41Apr 30, 2026Fd1200022.431596.5-5
42Apr 30, 2026Cocke - U.s. 257.08263.4-20
43Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Old Mountain Road9.09216.1-1
44Apr 30, 2026Fd1000811.501579.0-1
45Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way12.76194.1-3
46Apr 29, 2026Fd09003614.991604.4-2
47Apr 28, 2026Salmon Fire12.852085.8-1
48Apr 27, 2026130425a1.201844.4-20
49Apr 25, 2026Sarah’s Creek Fire Ga-chf-00015514.4895.9-1
50Apr 24, 2026Unicoi - Tilson Mountain Road2.99328.4-4
51Apr 24, 2026Fd09002714.771604.4-1
52Apr 23, 2026Sullivan - U.s. 11w16.64448.5-2
53Apr 22, 2026Dagmar Dale Rx4.201354.3-178
54Apr 22, 2026Edgemont Road12.04389.3-2
55Apr 21, 2026Abrams9.94175.9-2
56Apr 21, 2026110409a10.651860.3-2
57Apr 20, 2026Sawmill Branch0.39133.3-29
58Apr 20, 2026Cold Springs2.16253.1-13
59Apr 19, 2026Knob Hill0.861086.2-75
60Apr 17, 2026Rich Mountain0.7218.6-250
61Apr 17, 2026Carter-scalf Road4.21367.9-5
62Apr 17, 202620260154.901729.8-1
63Apr 17, 202620260135.231624.9-1
64Apr 17, 202620260125.581625.0-2
65Apr 17, 202620260095.641625.0-1
66Apr 17, 2026Sevier - Evans Chapel Road9.68217.0-2
67Apr 17, 202620260219.771716.5-12
68Apr 17, 2026Flat Rattlesnake13.8199.8-33
69Apr 16, 2026Wiggins2.53137.2-59
70Apr 16, 2026Sevier - 3192 Boogertown Road11.23207.6-1
71Apr 16, 2026Rochester11.40202.4-1
72Apr 16, 2026Cole Gap15.0699.8-56
73Apr 15, 2026Charcoal0.041262.4-20
74Apr 15, 2026Floy6.92219.5-1
75Apr 14, 2026Washington - Highway 81 South5.50345.6-30
76Apr 13, 2026Wildwood2.11696.4-108
77Apr 13, 2026Carter - Blevins Road3.36368.7-2
78Apr 13, 202620260194.661612.7-1
79Apr 13, 2026Carter - Holston Mountain Road7.22426.8-3
80Apr 13, 2026Broken Rake Fire7.502021.0-1
81Apr 12, 2026Jack Branch2.15286.4-15
82Apr 11, 2026Yahoola Fire2.2120.5-16
83Apr 10, 2026Carter - Rx Dark Ridge Road0.95401.6-10
84Apr 10, 2026140409a12.431826.6-10
85Apr 9, 2026Sullivan - Troublesome Hollow Road7.57447.8-1
86Apr 8, 2026Big Meadows West Rx0.18923.3-60
87Apr 8, 2026Sevier - Sherwood Heights Way11.56207.6-2
88Apr 8, 2026Sullivan - Alex Lane15.49428.1-15
89Apr 7, 2026Unicoi - Banner Road1.64350.2-20
90Apr 4, 2026Wiggins Creek2.53137.2-59
91Apr 3, 2026Poplar0.18355.6-350
92Apr 2, 2026Rapidan Camp2.24922.3-20
93Apr 2, 2026Tarkiln Ridge14.44148.7-400
94Apr 1, 2026Bull Sluice16.1995.9-1
95Mar 31, 2026Carter - Fiddlehead Road4.21368.1-40
96Mar 31, 2026Carter - Browns Branch Road4.98367.9-2
97Mar 31, 2026Carter - Cripple Creek Road9.20426.8-1
98Mar 31, 2026202600414.971740.9-5
99Mar 30, 2026Greene- Rx Rifle Range Lane2.55304.4-10
100Mar 29, 2026Dancing Gap9.98187.0-1
101Mar 28, 2026Armstrong Creek Rd 220.17382.1-10
102Mar 27, 2026Blount - Happy Valley Road10.44175.9-53
103Mar 26, 2026Greene - Susong Road3.51293.8-1
104Mar 24, 2026Carter- Rx Bailey Road3.97419.4-13
105Mar 24, 2026Eca Kituwah Rx9.80202.4-14
106Mar 20, 2026Eca Dobson Ridge Rx9.69220.4-113
107Mar 19, 2026Kate9.80209.4-1
108Mar 19, 2026Greene - Old Snapps Ferry Road18.53304.9-1
109Mar 13, 2026Sevier - Haney Road17.03193.8-1
110Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Iris Way9.72228.7-1
111Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Upper Middle Creek Road11.26216.1-1
112Mar 6, 2026Blount - Old Oliver Road13.54181.6-6
113Mar 4, 2026Blount - Rx Bethel Church Road7.05187.0-9
114Mar 3, 2026Carter - Minton Hollow Road4.98426.8-4
115Mar 1, 2026Eca Cow Mtn Rx10.28211.4-1
116Feb 17, 2026Winding Stair A1.00110.8-242
117Feb 13, 2026Blount - East Millers Cove Road12.39183.1-4
118Feb 11, 2026Washington - Barkley Road14.30305.2-50
119Jan 28, 2026Carter - Blue Springs Road2.95433.1-7
120Jan 28, 2026Sevier - Henry Town Road7.35227.6-2
121Jan 8, 2026Unicoi - Rx Honeycutt Road6.68359.5-10
122Jan 6, 2026Cocke-goodwater Road18.06263.4-2

Change Log

June 11, 2026: Added 72 hour fire video.

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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