Dare County, North Carolina · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
30 acres
Aug 11, 6:00 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Wild Boar Point Fire is a wildfire near Dare County, North Carolina. It has burned about 30 acres (about 23 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 11th at 6:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
Tonight
76°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 12 mph SW · 21% chance of rain
Wednesday
89°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 8 mph W · 17% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
75°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 6 mph S · 21% chance of rain
Thursday
91°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 9 mph SW · 13% chance of rain
Thursday Night
78°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 8 mph SW · 13% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 11th at 6:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
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No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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