Panther Creek Fire
The Panther Creek Fire was reported on November 16, 2025 in Haywood County, North Carolina and burned 110 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 110 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 16, 2025
- Personnel
- 13
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 35.622, -82.971.
The incident
- Size
- 110 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 7 Miles NW from Clyde, NC
- County
- Haywood County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Clyde
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NCNCS-250066
- IRWIN identifier
- B30C38C7-3915-4B71-BC2A-0441BFD43CB9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cove Creek, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cove Creek, NC2 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Junaluska, NC7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Clyde, NC7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- West Canton, NC9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Waynesville, NC9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Canton, NC10 miles southeast 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 November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM EST. Identifier 2025-NCNCS-250066.