Jemike Fire
The Jemike Fire was reported on March 1, 2025 in Oconee County, South Carolina and burned 474 acres. It was declared out on March 14, 2025.
- Size
- 474 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 78
Map
Perimeter mapped April 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT, 474 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 34.786, -83.135.
The incident
- Size
- 474 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM EST
- Contained
- March 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM EDT
- Controlled
- March 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM EDT
- Declared out
- March 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Fire is located in Yellow Branch Drainage, 2 miles south of Mtn Rest SC
- County
- Oconee County
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Mountain Rest
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 78
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-SCFMF-250085
- IRWIN identifier
- B65BC817-6D03-4DAF-97E0-B14914217333
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Walhalla, 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 April 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-SCFMF-250085.