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Ashley 183 Fire (Arkansas)

Ended · 250 acres (101 hectares) · Started · Updated

This fire in numbers4 days
101Hectares250Acres4Days it lasted

Started on Aug 20, 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

Active fires nearby1 · 100 km
78KM NWBunker Fire2,851 acres · 95% contained
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Quick facts

Location
Ashley County
Jurisdiction
Private land

Burning across 250 acres of private land in Ashley County, Arkansas, the Ashley 183 Fire has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 125 acres per day over its two days of activity since starting on August 20, 2026. Satellites have registered a single heat detection over the past 48 hours, illustrating the current scale of the active front in a region where the typical fire season runs from June to October.

This incident unfolds within a broader national context where 2,970,412 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 46% below the two-decade average.

In context

This wildfire burned in Arkansas for 3 days. In total it burned about 250 acres — around 1.0 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 3,331,321 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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