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Navy Shell Tree Fire

Dare County, North Carolina · Wildfire

under 1 acre First reported about 3 weeks ago

Navy Shell Tree Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 This fire Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Navy Shell Tree Fire summary

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The Navy Shell Tree Fire is a wildfire near Dare County, North Carolina. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported about 3 weeks ago. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
June 29, 2026 (first reported about 3 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

This Afternoon

94°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 15 mph S · 15% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Tonight

80°F · Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 10 to 15 mph SW · 15% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Sunday

93°F · Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 8 to 12 mph SW · 57% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Rain likely

Sunday Night

73°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 3 to 8 mph SW · 87% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Monday

89°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 2 to 6 mph NE · 85% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:32 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

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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Nearby fires to Navy Shell Tree Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 2 other active fires, closest first:

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