Main Trail Fire
The Main Trail Fire was reported on August 13, 2026 in Chatham County, Georgia and burned 841 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 841 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2026
- Personnel
- 2
Radar
Reflectivity now over Main Trail Fire. Open it to see fires and the fire weather outlook on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 17, 2026 at 8:17 AM EDT, 200 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 31.873, -80.988.
The incident
- Size
- 841 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 Miles SE from Savannah, GA
- County
- Chatham County
- State
- Georgia
- Nearest city reported
- Savannah
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $42,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-GAWSR-000370
- IRWIN identifier
- 49064176-1C70-4C1A-BD52-4F8774353CE8
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the north
- Relative humidity as low as 80%
- High of 83°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 0.7 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 AM EDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Skidaway Island, GA6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Isle of Hope, GA9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wilmington Island, GA9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Montgomery, GA9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whitemarsh Island, GA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Thunderbolt, GA12 miles north 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 September 14, 2026 at 8:54 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-GAWSR-000370.