Grindstone Fire
The Grindstone Fire was reported on November 27, 2021 in Surry County, North Carolina and burned 1,050 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,050 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 27, 2021
- Personnel
- 5
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped November 27, 2021 at 11:15 PM EST, 1,049 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 36.340, -80.460.
The incident
- Size
- 1,050 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 27, 2021 at 3:30 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Pilot Mountain State Park
- County
- Surry County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Pinnacle
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Jurisdiction
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $512,656
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NCNCS-210033
- IRWIN identifier
- FE54A69C-8DFA-439E-8D49-02B6E3C4C392
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pinnacle, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pinnacle, NC2 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Pilot Mountain, NC3 miles north of the fire’s origin
- King, NC7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tobaccoville, NC9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Rural Hall, NC12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- White Plains, NC12 miles northwest 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 December 8, 2021 at 10:56 AM EST. Identifier 2021-NCNCS-210033.