Grindstone Declared Wildfire 2024

On March 28, 2024, the Bankhead Ranger District (BKRD) in the National Forests of Alabama (NFAL) implemented the Grindstone Prescribed Fire (RX) with good fire effects. The following day, wildfire was observed on adjacent private land, and BKRD resources responded. Resources reported 90 percent containment by 2052 on March 29. Approximately 300 acres were burned, including about 100 acres on private land. The BKRD Ranger (DR) visited the incident site on March 30 and determined the incident should be declared a prescribed burn that resulted in a wildfire. The wildfire originated in an area where the line had been observed from a distance in an inversion situation but had not been physically checked with boots on-the-ground.