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Benton MacKaye Trail Fires - 2026

These are the most recent Benton MacKaye Trail fires, BMT fire perimeters and national surface smoke information.

The table below shows fires near the BMT. 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: Sep 14, 2026

#UpdatedFire Name
(click for map)		Miles
from trail		Nearest
Trail Mile		Start/End
Trail Mile		Acres
1Sep 6, 2026Monroe - Ballplay School Road11.51143.4-5
2Aug 3, 2026Eca Cow Mtn Rx4.39265.9-1
3Jun 25, 2026Fox Gap1.54198.2-112
4Jun 25, 2026Rabbit9.83191.9-48
5Jun 18, 2026Chestnut Ridge0.3896.7-1
6Jun 9, 2026Appalachia0.23129.2-634
7May 29, 2026Tumbling Creek3.3693.6-11
8May 29, 2026Long14.68302.2-1
9May 22, 2026Clear Creek5.0499.1-1
10May 19, 2026Pine Lane12.5410.0-10
11May 18, 2026Nan Split White Oak Rx15.60234.6-1025
12May 18, 2026Tus Wolfe Ridge Rx17.18165.1-1957
13May 14, 2026Wildcat3.37259.3-1
14May 12, 2026Brown Tract Rx6.8834.7-17
15May 7, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way17.15255.1-6
16May 6, 2026Hazelnut Fire16.1431.5-26
17Apr 30, 2026Cocke - U.s. 2513.30302.2-20
18Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Old Mountain Road13.88277.4-1
19Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way17.06255.1-3
20Apr 28, 2026Monroe - Epperson Road2.17136.3-2
21Apr 27, 2026Monroe - Steer Creek Road5.89135.3-2
22Apr 21, 2026Abrams11.69191.9-2
23Apr 21, 2026Monroe Rx Shoal Creek12.01140.6-19
24Apr 21, 2026Monroe Rx Bent Creek Trail13.17135.6-21
25Apr 20, 2026Cold Springs5.30302.1-13
26Apr 20, 2026Sawmill Branch11.65234.6-29
27Apr 17, 2026Rich Mountain6.7715.7-250
28Apr 17, 2026Sevier - Evans Chapel Road14.23277.4-2
29Apr 16, 2026Rochester6.97259.0-1
30Apr 16, 2026Wiggins7.90244.1-59
31Apr 16, 2026Sevier - 3192 Boogertown Road16.26255.1-1
32Apr 15, 2026Floy1.13270.0-1
33Apr 14, 2026Polk - Carr St.6.59103.4-2
34Apr 13, 2026Monroe - Sinking Creek Road12.39140.6-3
35Apr 11, 2026Yahoola Fire10.4715.7-16
36Apr 9, 2026Polk - Belltown Road7.55103.4-45
37Apr 8, 2026Sevier - Sherwood Heights Way15.90255.1-2
38Apr 6, 2026Mcminn - Topside Drive10.43121.1-6
39Apr 4, 2026Wiggins Creek7.90244.1-59
40Apr 2, 2026Tarkiln Ridge16.68165.1-400
41Apr 1, 2026Monroe - Reagan Valley Road11.35143.4-1
42Mar 30, 2026Monroe - Mason Road16.00185.8-1
43Mar 29, 2026Joe Brown Hwy 12.90147.5-2
44Mar 29, 2026Dancing Gap15.60215.2-1
45Mar 27, 2026Blount - Happy Valley Road12.12191.9-53
46Mar 26, 2026Polk - Hawkins Drive10.2991.1-6
47Mar 24, 2026Eca Kituwah Rx5.14259.0-14
48Mar 20, 2026Eca Dobson Ridge Rx4.56270.0-113
49Mar 19, 2026Kate4.30265.3-1
50Mar 11, 2026Polk - Kimsey Dairy Road4.47128.7-4
51Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Iris Way11.03304.3-1
52Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Upper Middle Creek Road16.07277.4-1
53Mar 6, 2026Blount - Old Oliver Road18.63215.1-6
54Mar 5, 2026Polk - Hiwassee Trails Drive8.07117.2-4
55Mar 4, 2026Blount - Rx Bethel Church Road12.62215.2-9
56Mar 3, 2026Bradley - Frazier Road Southeast13.3191.1-3
57Feb 18, 2026Monroe - Rx Chota View Road13.69185.8-60
58Feb 13, 2026Blount - East Millers Cove Road17.57215.1-4
59Jan 28, 2026Sevier - Henry Town Road11.23277.4-2
60Jan 12, 2026Monroe - Cannon Ridge Road3.38135.0-2

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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