Hwy 82 Fire
The Hwy 82 Fire was reported on April 20, 2026 in Brantley County, Georgia and burned 22,419 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 22,419 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped April 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM EDT, 22,419 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 31.222, -81.844.
The incident
- Size
- 22,419 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Miles E from Atkinson, GA
- County
- Brantley County
- State
- Georgia
- Nearest city reported
- Atkinson
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $19,371,895
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-GAGAS-130044
- IRWIN identifier
- 1735C06D-A621-4F37-9CAC-86E7AAEA0C48
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from April 23, 2026 (5,532 acres) to May 14, 2026 (22,419 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,876 acres, mapped April 26, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| April 23, 2026 | 5,532 | |
| April 24, 2026 | 7,567 | +2,035 |
| April 25, 2026 | 13,739 | +6,172 |
| April 26, 2026 | 22,615 | +8,876 |
| April 27, 2026 | 22,600 | -15 |
| April 29, 2026 | 22,577 | -23 |
| April 30, 2026 | 22,526 | -51 |
| May 1, 2026 | 22,526 | 0 |
| May 3, 2026 | 22,471 | -55 |
| May 4, 2026 | 22,471 | 0 |
| May 14, 2026 | 22,419 | -52 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nahunta, GA covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-GAGAS-130044.