Main Trail Fire (GA)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- Chatham County
- Cause
- Natural
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS · Federal land
Averaging roughly 67 acres per day since its natural ignition on August 14, 2026, the Main Trail Fire has expanded across 200 acres in Chatham County, Georgia, over its three days of burning. The USFWS-managed incident remains active on federal land, operating as a Type 5 Incident with satellite monitoring capturing a single heat detection over the past 48 hours.
This federal response unfolds within a broader national landscape where 2,921,034 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 47 percent below the country's two-decade average. Local conditions align with the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Georgia for 3 days. So far it has affected roughly 200 acres — about 0.8 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 2,921,034 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 47% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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