Sauratown Mountain Fire
The Sauratown Mountain Fire was reported on November 18, 2023 in Stokes County, North Carolina and burned 805 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 805 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 18, 2023
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped November 19, 2023 at 4:00 AM EST, 805 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 36.374, -80.378.
The incident
- Size
- 805 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Approximately 5 miles east of Pilot Mountain, NC
- County
- Stokes County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- King
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $199,400
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NCNCS-230049
- IRWIN identifier
- C63DE8AF-00DD-4A09-87FB-E7B415D07823
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from November 19, 2023 (146 acres) to November 25, 2023 (833 acres). The largest one-day growth was 487 acres, mapped November 20, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2023 | 146 | |
| November 20, 2023 | 633 | +487 |
| November 21, 2023 | 742 | +109 |
| November 22, 2023 | 833 | +91 |
| November 23, 2023 | 785 | -48 |
| November 24, 2023 | 833 | +48 |
| November 25, 2023 | 833 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pinnacle, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 5, 2023 at 4:04 PM EST. Identifier 2023-NCNCS-230049.