Cadduggen Fire
The Cadduggen Fire was reported on May 19, 2026 in Carteret County, North Carolina and burned 670 acres. It was fully contained on May 22, 2026.
- Size
- 670 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2026
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped June 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM EDT, 670 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 34.926, -76.385.
The incident
- Size
- 670 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM EDT
- Contained
- May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM EDT
- Controlled
- June 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 Miles W from Cedar Island, NC
- County
- Carteret County
- State
- North Carolina
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $30,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCCDR-260268
- IRWIN identifier
- 7DAFE704-220A-4C5E-A9E6-D883CB9A7C35
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Atlantic, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Atlantic, NC4 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Harkers Island, NC19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Beaufort, NC21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Morehead City, NC24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Atlantic Beach, NC26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayboro, NC26 miles northwest 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 June 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCCDR-260268.