Bee Rock Creek Fire
The Bee Rock Creek Fire was reported on April 15, 2025 in McDowell County, North Carolina and burned 2,085 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,085 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 15, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped August 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM EDT, 2,085 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.800, -82.108.
The incident
- Size
- 2,085 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 Miles Northwest of Marion, NC
- County
- McDowell County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Marion
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Jurisdiction
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,358,577
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCS-250045
- IRWIN identifier
- 260BC976-DFE9-4430-8135-7DA87EE2234A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from April 16, 2025 (203 acres) to August 21, 2025 (2,085 acres). The largest one-day growth was 688 acres, mapped August 21, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | 203 | |
| April 17, 2025 | 534 | +331 |
| April 18, 2025 | 856 | +322 |
| April 19, 2025 | 1,047 | +191 |
| April 20, 2025 | 1,397 | +350 |
| August 21, 2025 | 2,085 | +688 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spruce Pine, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Spruce Pine, NC8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Marion, NC10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- West Marion, NC11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Burnsville, NC14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Black Mountain, NC17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Glen Alpine, NC19 miles east 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 August 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCS-250045.