Burn severity · North Carolina 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in North Carolina
Unburned to very low 438 0 1 2 0 441
Low 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moderate low 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moderate high 0 0 0 0 0 0
High 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assessed acres in North Carolina 438 0 1 2 0 441
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in North Carolina Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Roanoke River Fire 579 389 389 0 0 0 0
Mocr Southwest Fy2025 Rx Fire 32 32 32 0 0 0 0
King Mountain Fire 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Rector Road Fire 9 9 9 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
HAOE LEAD 3,103 — Awaiting a perimeter
2025 Bee Rock Creek Fire - NCNCF 2,085 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rattlesnake Branch 1,843 — Awaiting a perimeter
Black Swamp Fire 950 — Awaiting a perimeter
Wayah Depot Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 9 8,611
Offered to assessment 9 8,611
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 4 630
Awaiting a perimeter 4 7,981
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside North Carolina 0 0
Assessed acres in North Carolina 4 441
Assessed acres outside North Carolina — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 441
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-09-17 14:36 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 14:36 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for NC. 30 m cells.