Soapstone Fire
The Soapstone Fire was reported on March 21, 2026 in Wilkes County, North Carolina and burned 190 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 190 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 21, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.112, -81.336.
The incident
- Size
- 190 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 Miles SW from Wilkesboro, NC
- County
- Wilkes County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Ferguson
- Protecting agency
- DFR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NCNCS-260032
- IRWIN identifier
- F751E7C7-D785-48BA-BC3C-0CB27A5E4520
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Millers Creek, NC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Millers Creek, NC8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Moravian Falls, NC9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cricket, NC9 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wilkesboro, NC10 miles east of the fire’s origin
- North Wilkesboro, NC11 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fairplains, NC12 miles northeast 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 March 26, 2026 at 7:57 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-NCNCS-260032.