Wildfire, Burlington
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, 5 mi NE of Chatsworth
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, June 1, 1999
A suspicious fire started in five different locations in Woodland Township in Burlington County during the late afternoon of the 31st. The unseasonably dry spring weather helped the fire spread.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A suspicious fire started in five different locations in Woodland Township in Burlington County during the late afternoon of the 31st. The unseasonably dry spring weather helped the fire spread. The fire was located within the Pine Barrens in the area north of New Jersey State Highway 72, west of Ocean County Highway 539 and east of Woodmansie Road. About 394 acres burned before the fire was declared under control at 4 p.m. EDT on June 1st. One fire alone consumed 300 of the acres burned. Underground turf continued to burn in the month of June and was not completely out until the 21st of June.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
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The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5699484.