Poplar Fire
The Poplar Fire was reported on March 23, 2026 in Mitchell County, North Carolina and burned 350 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 350 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 23, 2026
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped May 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM EDT, 350 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 36.101, -82.342.
The incident
- Size
- 350 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 Miles N from Poplar, NC
- County
- Mitchell County
- State
- North Carolina
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $520,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCNCF-260142
- IRWIN identifier
- 25FF0D18-2627-4FB4-8259-54367AC51082
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Banner Hill, TN 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 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCNCF-260142.