Oak Ridge Road Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.570, -87.869.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Fayette

Size

190 acres

Containment

95%

Discovered

September 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM CDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

17 Miles SE from Fayette, AL

County

Fayette County

State

Alabama

Nearest city reported

Fayette

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

$2,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-ALALS-260924-7

IRWIN identifier

1552EB9C-5CA2-4576-9982-7F5B7B8537BF

• Wind up to 10 mph from the southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 42%
• High of 91°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Fayette, AL

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.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew medium smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Wed, 3:00 PM CDT to Wed, 6:30 PM CDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 4.6 µg/m³ around Thu, 2:00 AM CDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Fayette, AL8 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Reform, AL16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Berry, AL17 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Gordo, AL17 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Vernon, AL19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Winfield, AL25 miles north of the fire’s origin