Falls Dam Fire
The Falls Dam Fire was reported on March 1, 2025 in Montgomery County, North Carolina and burned 505 acres. It was fully contained on March 11, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 505 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped March 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM EDT, 505 acres (digitized-other). Point of origin 35.399, -80.072.
The incident
- Size
- 505 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM EST
- Contained
- March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM EDT
- Controlled
- March 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- East of Badin Lake
- County
- Montgomery County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Troy
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $194,468
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCF-250070
- IRWIN identifier
- D7924AB7-96EB-477F-A8C1-560C725FFE09
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Badin, 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 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-NCNCF-250070.