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Mountains to Sea Trail Fires - 2026

These are the most recent Mountains to Sea Trail fires, MST fire perimeters and national surface smoke information.

The table below shows fires near the MST. 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: Aug 16, 2026

#UpdatedFire Name
(click for map)
Miles
from trail
Nearest
Trail Mile
Start/End
Trail Mile
Acres
1Aug 3, 2026Eca Cow Mtn Rx4.0827.6-1
2Jul 11, 2026Cane Creek5.31327.9-5
3Jul 1, 2026Old Hwy 1050.76211.3-12
4Jun 9, 2026Pettiford Creek0.35983.8-188
5May 22, 2026Cadduggen0.961075.7-670
6May 18, 2026Cro C-35/c-36 Old Church Rd Rx0.43971.1-924
7May 18, 2026Indian Creek3.6493.6-1
8May 18, 2026Nan Split White Oak Rx16.9720.2-1025
9May 14, 2026Wildcat2.5025.2-1
10May 7, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way13.503.1-6
11Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Old Mountain Road12.903.2-1
12Apr 30, 2026Sevier - Rocky Creek Way13.413.1-3
13Apr 22, 2026Edgemont Road0.94254.1-2
14Apr 22, 2026High Knob2.42236.3-2
15Apr 20, 2026Sawmill Branch13.9220.2-29
16Apr 20, 2026Cold Springs20.1654.1-13
17Apr 17, 2026Sevier - Evans Chapel Road15.143.2-2
18Apr 17, 2026Flat Rattlesnake18.7335.7-33
19Apr 16, 2026Rochester0.7822.3-1
20Apr 16, 2026Wiggins8.4920.2-59
21Apr 16, 2026Sevier - 3192 Boogertown Road12.673.2-1
22Apr 16, 2026Cole Gap18.2535.7-56
23Apr 15, 2026Shaver0.21996.8-1
24Apr 15, 2026Floy6.919.3-1
25Apr 10, 2026Carter - Rx Dark Ridge Road12.63250.6-10
26Apr 9, 2026Lakeside0.021002.7-14
27Apr 8, 2026Jumping Branch1.79192.6-417
28Apr 8, 2026Sevier - Sherwood Heights Way12.253.1-2
29Apr 6, 2026Black Balsam0.1995.7-45
30Apr 6, 2026Mills Creek4.51277.0-3
31Apr 4, 2026Wiggins Creek8.4920.2-59
32Mar 29, 2026Dancing Gap16.740.0-1
33Mar 28, 2026Armstrong Creek Rd 22.19195.8-10
34Mar 24, 2026Eca Kituwah Rx0.1223.1-14
35Mar 20, 2026Eca Dobson Ridge Rx5.8144.2-113
36Mar 19, 2026Kate2.5525.3-1
37Mar 13, 2026Sevier - Haney Road18.993.1-1
38Mar 11, 2026Sevier - Upper Middle Creek Road14.523.2-1
39Mar 4, 2026Blount - Rx Bethel Church Road15.060.0-9
40Jan 28, 2026Sevier - Henry Town Road16.734.2-2

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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