Covington Drive Compact Fire
The Covington Drive Compact Fire was reported on March 2, 2025 in Horry County, South Carolina and burned 2,059 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,059 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped March 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM EST, 346 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.805, -78.860.
The incident
- Size
- 2,059 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 miles west of Myrtle Beach, SC
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Myrtle Beach
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Jurisdiction
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,925,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-SCSCS-250089
- IRWIN identifier
- 17400B93-8F32-48E1-B16F-782B002EAE57
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Briarcliffe Acres, SC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Briarcliffe Acres, SC7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Forestbrook, SC8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Myrtle Beach, SC8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- North Myrtle Beach, SC10 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Conway, SC11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Socastee, SC12 miles southwest 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 May 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-SCSCS-250089.