Bailey Drive Fire
The Bailey Drive Fire was reported on March 11, 2025 in Mitchell County, North Carolina and burned 133 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 133 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 11, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.022, -82.191.
The incident
- Size
- 133 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 2 Miles West of Bakersville center, on Hoilman Bailey Dr and John Sparks Dr.
- County
- Mitchell County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Bakersville
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Medium Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCS-250017
- IRWIN identifier
- 2AEDE2A7-2864-4A45-8EAD-4D245EB3E5E7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bakersville, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bakersville, NC2 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Burnsville, NC10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spruce Pine, NC10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Roan Mountain, TN14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Unicoi, TN15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Banner Hill, TN15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
North Carolina wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 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 March 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCS-250017.