Iao Fire
The Iao Fire was reported on October 1, 2026 in Franklin County, Florida and has burned 260 acres.
- Size
- 260 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 1, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped October 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM CDT, 254 acres (digitized-topo). Point of origin 29.974, -85.003.
The incident
- Size
- 260 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 1, 2026 at 8:47 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Franklin County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-FLFNF-002837
- IRWIN identifier
- 76CD3FEC-2DB6-4FAB-AC3D-3002C4B1F0A2
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the east-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 72%
- High of 85°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Sat, 5:00 AM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Wewahitchka, FL15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Apalachicola, FL17 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Eastpoint, FL18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Port Saint Joe, FL21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Carrabelle, FL22 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Mexico Beach, FL25 miles west of the fire’s origin
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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 October 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-FLFNF-002837.