Drift Fire
The Drift Fire was reported on March 19, 2025 in Macon County, Alabama and burned 144 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 144 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 32.337, -85.949.
The incident
- Size
- 144 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Co Rd 2/Hwy 80
- County
- Macon County
- State
- Alabama
- Nearest city reported
- Shorter
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,053
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-ALALS-2025031923
- IRWIN identifier
- B162C88C-2E34-4061-8BA0-B708D4CCC006
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mathews, AL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mathews, AL6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Pike Road, AL10 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Emerald Mountain, AL11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Tallassee, AL14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Tuskegee, AL16 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Blue Ridge, AL18 miles northwest 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 April 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-ALALS-2025031923.