Highway 521 Fire
The Highway 521 Fire was reported on March 1, 2025 in Sumter County, South Carolina and burned 150 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 150 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.858, -80.311.
The incident
- Size
- 150 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 1 mile East of Sumter, SC
- County
- Sumter County
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Sumter
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-SCSCS-251859
- IRWIN identifier
- 93C41263-0155-42E6-B7CB-F5EFA377B04B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lakewood, SC 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 March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM EST. Identifier 2025-SCSCS-251859.