Great Lakes Fire
The Great Lakes Fire was reported on April 19, 2023 in Craven County, North Carolina and burned 32,156 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2023.
- Size
- 32,156 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- April 19, 2023
- Personnel
- 37
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 6, 2023 at 11:02 AM EDT, 32,156 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.860, -77.051.
The incident
- Size
- 32,156 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- April 19, 2023 at 7:14 PM EDT
- Contained
- July 5, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Mile south/southeast from New Bern, NC
- County
- Craven County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- New Bern
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NCNCF-230180
- IRWIN identifier
- A76CA286-3839-4BB2-A049-FD3E190F32A8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Havelock, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Havelock, NC9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Neuse Forest, NC9 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Maysville, NC11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Broad Creek, NC12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Cape Carteret, NC12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cedar Point, NC12 miles south 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 August 3, 2023 at 8:41 AM EDT. Identifier 2023-NCNCF-230180.