Yellowjacket Fire
The Yellowjacket Fire was reported on March 5, 2026 in Berkeley County, South Carolina and burned 120 acres. It was fully contained on March 6, 2026.
- Size
- 120 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 5, 2026
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped March 31, 2026 at 2:57 PM EDT, 120 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 33.166, -79.696.
The incident
- Size
- 120 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM EST
- Contained
- March 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 28 Miles NE from Charleston, SC
- County
- Berkeley County
- State
- South Carolina
- Nearest city reported
- Jamestown
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-SCFMF-000182
- IRWIN identifier
- AC6A0C67-6EBA-4B3A-AC85-DB8FCD2DB977
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Awendaw, SC covers the area today.
Nearby
- Awendaw, SC10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moncks Corner, SC18 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Bonneau Beach, SC21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Saint Stephen, SC21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Andrews, SC21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Goose Creek, SC23 miles southwest 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 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-SCFMF-000182.