White Creek Fire
The White Creek Fire was reported on March 16, 2017 in Burke County, North Carolina and burned 5,500 acres. It was declared out on April 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2017
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.812, -81.901.
The incident
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 16, 2017 at 3:45 PM EDT
- Contained
- March 27, 2017 at 11:00 AM EDT
- Controlled
- March 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM EDT
- Declared out
- April 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Wildfire
- County
- Burke County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- NEBO
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $937,841
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NCNCF-170089
- IRWIN identifier
- DFED8A66-A2F9-448B-A5A0-95A7A9DAC9EC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Glen Alpine, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Glen Alpine, NC9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Marion, NC11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spruce Pine, NC12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- West Marion, NC13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Morganton, NC13 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Salem, NC14 miles southeast 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 May 20, 2017 at 4:58 PM EDT. Identifier 2017-NCNCF-170089.