Sally Burn Fire
The Sally Burn Fire was reported on September 30, 2026 in Colbert County, Alabama and has burned 150 acres. It is 47 percent contained.
- Size
- 150 acres
- Contained
- 47%
- Discovered
- September 30, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.597, -88.058.
The incident
- Size
- 150 acres
- Containment
- 47%
- Discovered
- September 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 33 Miles SW from CHEROKEE, AL
- County
- Colbert County
- State
- Alabama
- Nearest city reported
- CHEROKEE
- 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-260930-29
- IRWIN identifier
- BA3D912F-5180-4A3F-8F4C-B5A300F7919D
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the south-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 59%
- High of 88°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 (Thu, 7:00 AM CDT to Thu, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 2.4 µg/m³ around Fri, 1:00 AM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Belmont, MS10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Red Bay, AL12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cherokee, AL12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Iuka, MS17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Russellville, AL20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Tuscumbia, AL22 miles northeast 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 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-ALALS-260930-29.