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Main Trail

Chatham, GA · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 841 acres in Chatham before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

841

Acres Burned

89

Days Burning

Aug 14, 2026

Discovered

2w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 14 / 1 acresOct 27 / 841 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / GA

1.6 mi

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Fort Pulaski National Monument

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Monument / GA

11.4 mi

N

Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / GA

23.3 mi

SW

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / GA

27.5 mi

N

Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / GA

28.6 mi

SW

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / SC

29.2 mi

NE

Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / GA

29.5 mi

SW

Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / GA

41.3 mi

SW

Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / GA

41.3 mi

SW

Fort Frederica National Monument

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Monument / GA

51 mi

SW

Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / SC

60.9 mi

NE

Cumberland Island Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / GA

74.4 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Main Trail update: 841 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 99% to 100%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 841 acres, 99% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 10

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail grew 21 acres to 841 and containment moved from 88% to 99%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 88% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 87% to 88%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 87% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 85% to 87%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 5

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 84% to 85%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 84% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 4

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 79% to 84%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 79% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 78% to 79%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 78% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 75% to 78%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 65% to 75%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 60% to 65%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 58% to 60%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 58% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 55% to 58%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 55% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 53% to 55%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 53% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail containment moved from 45% to 53%.

IRWIN

Main Trail update: 820 acres, 45% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Main Trail grew 79 acres to 820 and containment moved from 35% to 45%.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 14Now

89 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 49064176-1c70-4c1a-bd52-4f8774353ce8

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