Alarka #5 Fire
The Alarka #5 Fire was reported on March 25, 2025 in Swain County, North Carolina and burned 1,575 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,575 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 25, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
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 March 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM EDT, 1,575 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.359, -83.417.
The incident
- Size
- 1,575 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles SSE of Bryson City. South of HWY 74 and north of Alarka Road
- County
- Swain County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Bryson City
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,048,104
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCS-250034
- IRWIN identifier
- C54B0F23-E5E8-484D-8EAB-704AF2FBF666
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 26, 2025 (589 acres) to April 1, 2025 (1,575 acres). The largest one-day growth was 429 acres, mapped March 27, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2025 | 589 | |
| March 27, 2025 | 1,018 | +429 |
| March 28, 2025 | 1,078 | +60 |
| March 29, 2025 | 1,390 | +312 |
| March 30, 2025 | 1,516 | +126 |
| April 1, 2025 | 1,575 | +59 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bryson City, NC covers the area today.
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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 April 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCS-250034.