Wheelock Road Fire
The Wheelock Road Fire was reported on May 1, 2025 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts and burned 171 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 171 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped December 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM EST, 181 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 41.706, -70.576.
The incident
- Size
- 171 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning, Escaped Prescribed Burn
- Location
- 2.3 miles southeast of Bourne, Massachusetts
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Nearest city reported
- Sandwich
- Protecting agency
- FFC
- Jurisdiction
- FFC
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MAMAS-MAARNG-019
- IRWIN identifier
- 8A079CA9-18DF-42C5-A0B4-2B8F5AF4C884
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Monument Beach, MA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Monument Beach, MA2 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pocasset, MA2 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bourne, MA3 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buzzards Bay, MA3 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Forestdale, MA4 miles east of the fire’s origin
- North Falmouth, MA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Massachusetts wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM EST. Identifier 2025-MAMAS-MAARNG-019.