Boteler Fire
The Boteler Fire was reported on October 25, 2016 in Clay County, North Carolina and burned 9,036 acres. It was declared out on December 18, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,036 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 25, 2016
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.059, -83.654.
The incident
- Size
- 9,036 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM EDT
- Contained
- December 2, 2016 at 6:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- December 18, 2016 at 12:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Clay County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Hayesville
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 1 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NCNCF-160247
- IRWIN identifier
- 080EB501-4798-4FC3-B982-0ED10DB970BF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hayesville, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hayesville, NC9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Andrews, NC14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Young Harris, GA14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Franklin, NC18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mountain City, GA18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clayton, GA19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
North Carolina wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated January 9, 2017 at 11:47 AM EST. Identifier 2016-NCNCF-160247.