Highway 12 Fire
The Highway 12 Fire was reported on April 8, 2024 in Carteret County, North Carolina and burned 3,318 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 3,318 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 8, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.900, -76.382.
The incident
- Size
- 3,318 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Highway 12, 1 mile west of Atlantic Air Field
- County
- Carteret County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Atlantic
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $34,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NCNCS-240017
- IRWIN identifier
- 1362630C-01B8-49F4-90C6-82B4254B9230
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Atlantic, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Atlantic, NC3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Harkers Island, NC17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Beaufort, NC20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Morehead City, NC23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Atlantic Beach, NC25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayboro, NC28 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
North Carolina wildfires today Wildfires of 2024 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 October 31, 2024 at 3:38 PM EDT. Identifier 2024-NCNCS-240017.