Deep Woods Fire
The Deep Woods Fire was reported on March 19, 2025 in Polk County, North Carolina and burned 3,969 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 3,969 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025
- Personnel
- 28
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 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM EDT, 3,975 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 35.293, -82.259.
The incident
- Size
- 3,969 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3.5 miles NE of Saluda, NC
- County
- Polk County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Saluda
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,792,811
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCS-250021
- IRWIN identifier
- 3CA6EA30-401D-4FAC-B023-C3FBA0779B9D
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 20, 2025 (584 acres) to April 3, 2025 (3,975 acres). The largest one-day growth was 744 acres, mapped March 23, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2025 | 584 | |
| March 21, 2025 | 1,102 | +518 |
| March 22, 2025 | 1,802 | +700 |
| March 23, 2025 | 2,546 | +744 |
| March 24, 2025 | 2,742 | +196 |
| March 25, 2025 | 2,940 | +198 |
| March 26, 2025 | 3,232 | +292 |
| March 27, 2025 | 3,416 | +184 |
| March 28, 2025 | 3,807 | +391 |
| March 29, 2025 | 3,971 | +164 |
| March 30, 2025 | 3,969 | -2 |
| March 31, 2025 | 3,969 | 0 |
| April 1, 2025 | 3,979 | +10 |
| April 2, 2025 | 3,976 | -3 |
| April 3, 2025 | 3,975 | -1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Columbus, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCS-250021.