Land cover · North Carolina 2025

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Acres by cover type Acres in North Carolina % of burned % of North Carolina
Forest 438 99.4% 61.6%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.3%
Grassland 1 0.2% 15.2%
Other 2 0.5% 22.9%
Measured acres in North Carolina 441 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in North Carolina Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Roanoke River Fire 579 389 389 0 0 0 0
Mocr Southwest Fy2025 Rx Fire 32 32 29 0 1 2 0
King Mountain Fire 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Rector Road Fire 9 9 9 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
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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 measurement 9 8,611
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 4 630
Awaiting a perimeter 4 7,981
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside North Carolina 0 0
Measured acres in North Carolina 4 441
Measured acres outside North Carolina — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 441
Reported minus measured — 189
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for NC. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.