Farm Road Fire (North Carolina)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 1 Miles S from Camp Mackall on Sandhill GL, NC
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 4
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Moderate
- Jurisdiction
- DFR · State land
Burning for seven days with an average daily growth of approximately 71 acres per day, the Farm Road Fire has reached 499 acres in Scotland County, North Carolina, located one mile south of Camp Mackall on Sandhill GL near Wagram. The human-caused blaze is burning in timber, litter, and understory, exhibiting moderate fire behavior under the management of a Type 5 Incident Command team and the DFR agency. The state-managed incident has drawn a response from four personnel.
Containment efforts have successfully brought the Farm Road Fire to 100 percent containment, with total suppression costs amounting to $4,727. This fire burns against the backdrop of the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, 2026 has seen 2,902,022 hectares burned so far, tracking 47 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in North Carolina for 15 days. In total it burned about 499 acres — around 2.0 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,186,142 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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