Burn severity · North Carolina 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in North Carolina
Unburned to very low 2,059 0 514 65 0 2,639
Low 85 0 7 0 0 91
Moderate low 42 0 3 0 0 45
Moderate high 34 0 4 0 0 38
High 74 0 17 1 0 92
Assessed acres in North Carolina 2,293 0 545 67 0 2,906
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in North Carolina Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Cadduggen Fire 670 663 610 42 5 1 4
Rose Bay Canal Fire 667 662 522 29 25 19 67
Jumping Branch Fire 420 417 343 19 14 18 22
Tarkiln Ridge Fire 407 408 408 0 0 0 0
Poplar Fire 350 371 370 1 0 0 0
Winding Stair A Fire 250 241 240 0 0 0 0
Fox Gap Fire 112 113 113 0 0 0 0
Flat Rattlesnake Fire 35 32 32 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Mop Fy26 Northeast Rx And Savannah Unit Rx Fire 17 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 9 2,928
Offered to assessment 9 2,928
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 8 2,911
Awaiting a perimeter 1 17
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside North Carolina 0 0
Assessed acres in North Carolina 8 2,906
Assessed acres outside North Carolina — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 2,906
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-10-16 21:47 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 2026-10-16 21:47 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for NC. 30 m cells.