Rosindale Road Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 34.435, -78.531.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Clarkton

Size

748 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

April 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM EDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

8 Miles N from Lake Waccamaw, NC

County

Bladen County

State

North Carolina

Nearest city reported

Council

Protecting agency

DFR

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

2

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Southern Rough

Estimated cost to date

$102,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-NCNCS-260047

IRWIN identifier

B01F7587-5715-4B5D-B578-C48287013498

• Wind up to 5 mph from the northeast
• Relative humidity as low as 68%
• High of 85°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Clarkton, NC

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew medium smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Mon, 11:00 AM EDT to Mon, 1:00 PM EDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.2 µg/m³ around Tue, 12:00 AM EDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Clarkton, NC8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Lake Waccamaw, NC8 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Whiteville, NC12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Elizabethtown, NC14 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Brunswick, NC14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Bladenboro, NC16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin