Wildfire, Sussex
- When
- November 12, 3:00 PM EST to November 14, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Mc Afee
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Jersey, November 12 to 14, 2001
A forest fire consumed about 70 acres of woodland near the Hamburg Mountains. The fire occurred just southeast of Lake Wildwood between Sand and Mud Pond Roads.
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 forest fire consumed about 70 acres of woodland near the Hamburg Mountains. The fire occurred just southeast of Lake Wildwood between Sand and Mud Pond Roads. The fire was 60 percent contained by the 13th. No serious injuries or damage were reported.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 12, 2:51 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 2:51 PM EST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 251 PM EST MON NOV 12 2001 DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER CONTINUES. HIGH PRES DOMINATES AND THE AIRMASS MODIFIES. HOWEVER...WITH DRY GROUND AND LIGHT WINDS AT NIGHT...MINS SHOULD GET BELOW GUIDANCE. FWC HIGHS...ALTHOUGH HIGHER THAN FAN OR MAV...WILL BE PREFERRED AGAIN DUE TO THE DRY GROUND ALLOWING TEMPS TO WARM MORE THAN OTHERWISE EXPECTED. FOR THE 1ST PERIOD...I WILL REWORD TO MENTION EVENING CLOUDS DUE TO CURRENT OBS...AFTER SUNSET THEY SHOULD DISSIPATE. NORTHERN ZONES MAY HOLD THEM UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS THEY TEMPORARILY BECOME TRAPPED UNDER AN INVERSION. MPO 20 51 29 53 / 0 0 0 0 ABE 23 54 30 58 / 0 0 0 0 RDG 23 54 30 58 / 0 0 0 0 PHL 30 57 34 62 / 0 0 0 0 12N 20 51 29 53 / 0 0 0 0 SMQ 26 56 33 61 / 0 0 0 0 TTN 26 56 33 61 / 0 0 0 0 MIV 22 56 33 60 / 0 0 0 0 ACY 35 54 40 57 / 0 0 0 0 ILG 25 57 30 62 / 0 0 0 0 DOV 28 56 35 61 / 0 0 0 0 GED 28 56 35 61 / 0 0 0 0 ESN 28 56 35 61 / 0 0 0 0 .PHI... DE...NONE. MD...NONE. NJ...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. RNS
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 5272940.