Black Swamp Fire
The Black Swamp Fire was reported on April 27, 2025 in Jones County, North Carolina and burned 950 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 950 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 27, 2025
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeter mapped July 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT, 950 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.863, -77.114.
The incident
- Size
- 950 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Jones County, 6 miles SE of Maysville, NC
- County
- Jones County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Maysville
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCF-250245
- IRWIN identifier
- 245EAA39-4F4E-43CB-A3D9-412D978A26A7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from April 28, 2025 (850 acres) to July 10, 2025 (950 acres). The largest one-day growth was 100 acres, mapped April 30, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2025 | 850 | |
| April 30, 2025 | 950 | +100 |
| July 10, 2025 | 950 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Maysville, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Maysville, NC7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Neuse Forest, NC12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Swansboro, NC12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Havelock, NC12 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cape Carteret, NC12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cedar Point, NC12 miles south 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 July 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCF-250245.