Strausburg Road Fire
The Strausburg Road Fire was reported on May 6, 2018 in Scotland County, North Carolina and burned 1,183 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,183 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2018
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.970, -79.460.
The incident
- Size
- 1,183 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 6, 2018 at 5:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- .75 miles W of Hwy 15/501, 6.7 miles SE of Hoffman, NC on Sandhills Game Land
- County
- Scotland County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Hoffman
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Jurisdiction
- DFR
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NCNCS-180037
- IRWIN identifier
- 1B7C54A0-86DE-4D0B-8CDC-F7F28BDA6337
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Five Points, NC covers the area today.
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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 7, 2018 at 3:43 PM EDT. Identifier 2018-NCNCS-180037.