Oak Mountain State Park Fire
The Oak Mountain State Park Fire was reported on September 22, 2026 in Shelby County, Alabama and has burned 250 acres. It is 65 percent contained.
- Size
- 250 acres
- Contained
- 65%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.310, -86.741.
The incident
- Size
- 250 acres
- Containment
- 65%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 Miles NW from Pelham, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- State
- Alabama
- Nearest city reported
- Pelham
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ALALS-20260922-1
- IRWIN identifier
- 81EC3DA6-0849-414E-97B5-7EEF1F33B2EC
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 50%
- High of 91°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 drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Fri, 7:00 AM CDT to Fri, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 4.7 µg/m³ around Sat, 8:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-ALALS-20260922-1.