North Fork Fire
The North Fork Fire was reported on January 29, 2025 in McDowell County, North Carolina and burned 644 acres. It was declared out on February 18, 2025.
- Size
- 644 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 29, 2025
- Personnel
- 77
Map
Perimeter mapped March 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM EST, 644 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.780, -82.013.
The incident
- Size
- 644 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM EST
- Contained
- February 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM EST
- Controlled
- February 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- February 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Graveyard Mountain
- County
- McDowell County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Marion
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 77
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCF-250021
- IRWIN identifier
- F63ADC5A-5722-4631-8BB4-26DF340FD22A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Marion, 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 March 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM EST. Identifier 2025-NCNCF-250021.