Pulp Road Fire
The Pulp Road Fire was reported on June 15, 2023 in Brunswick County, North Carolina and burned 15,642 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 15,642 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2023
- Personnel
- 10
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped June 15, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT, 15,642 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 34.115, -78.204.
The incident
- Size
- 15,642 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 5 miles North of Supply, NC. East of NC Hwy 211
- County
- Brunswick County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Supply
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $719,111
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NCNCS-230028
- IRWIN identifier
- 2EAF9F6E-57F6-4180-AFBD-5522B68702BD
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 16, 2023 (2,000 acres) to June 21, 2023 (15,642 acres). The largest one-day growth was 14,354 acres, mapped June 18, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2023 | 2,000 | |
| June 17, 2023 | 2,000 | 0 |
| June 18, 2023 | 16,354 | +14,354 |
| June 19, 2023 | 15,643 | -711 |
| June 21, 2023 | 15,642 | -1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bolivia, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bolivia, NC5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Boiling Spring Lakes, NC10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Leland, NC13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Saint James, NC14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Oak Island, NC14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Shallotte, NC14 miles southwest 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 June 29, 2023 at 4:28 PM EDT. Identifier 2023-NCNCS-230028.