Lost Cove Fire
The Lost Cove Fire was reported on December 24, 2021 in Avery County, North Carolina and burned 1,000 acres. It was declared out on January 17, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 24, 2021
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 11:13 AM EDT (hand sketch). Point of origin 36.025, -81.824.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 24, 2021 at 9:41 AM EST
- Contained
- January 3, 2022 at 5:00 PM EST
- Controlled
- January 6, 2022 at 9:15 AM EST
- Declared out
- January 17, 2022 at 8:00 AM EST
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Mile SW from Roseborough community.
- County
- Avery County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Roseborough
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $285,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NCNCF-210237
- IRWIN identifier
- 420B161C-D17A-4DF2-9E1F-9E38F21FC9E2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Newland, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Newland, NC7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Banner Elk, NC10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Foscoe, NC10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Blowing Rock, NC11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Spruce Pine, NC15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Boone, NC16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
North Carolina wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 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 14, 2022 at 4:16 PM EST. Identifier 2021-NCNCF-210237.