Pelham 2 Fire
The Pelham 2 Fire was reported on May 4, 2026 in Pender County, North Carolina and burned 102 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 102 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 4, 2026
- Personnel
- 2
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.663, -77.998.
The incident
- Size
- 102 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles NW from Watha, NC
- County
- Pender County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Watha
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Medium Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCNCS-260053
- IRWIN identifier
- B14A41E0-B8C7-4015-9028-A7BDA5139EC4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wallace, 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 May 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCNCS-260053.