Started on May 23, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 26 miles southwest of Tallahassee, FL
- Cause
- Natural
- People working on it
- 4 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Southern Rough
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Running — Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.Backing — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
The 340 Fire, a Type 4 Incident managed by a Type 5 Incident Commander, has been fully contained after burning 3,400 acres of federal land. The wildfire, which started on May 23, 2026, was sparked by natural causes and is located 26 miles southwest of Tallahassee, near Sopchoppy in Wakulla County, Florida. Under the jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service (USFS), the fire has cost an estimated $500,000 to suppress.
Currently, a crew of four personnel remains on-site to monitor the situation. Fire behavior is reported as minimal, characterized by smoldering, running, and backing through the southern rough fuel. The blaze is now listed as 100% contained with no active growth.
In context
This wildfire burned in Florida for 117 days. In total it burned about 3,400 acres — around 14 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,362,441 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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