Wildfire, Monroe
- When
- November 9, 7:00 PM EST to November 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 2 mi NE of Marshalls Creek
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Pennsylvania, November 9 to 12, 2001
S. Route 209 the evening of the 9th in Middle Township.
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 spontaneously combusted wildfire broke out in a mulch and stump pit at the Siberini Evacuating Company off of U.S. Route 209 the evening of the 9th in Middle Township. The wildfire was consuming four acres of stumps that was about 50 feet deep. The Lake of the Pines Development was located near the wildfire and residents with respiratory and/or breathing problems were recommended to leave the area because of the heavy smoke. The dry, windy weather conditions in combination with the copious amounts of leaves caused the fire to spread rapidly. The company removed much of the mulch and organic material from the pit to help the three firefighting units battle the blaze. A second flare-up occurred on the 11th before the fire was completely under control.
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 9, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 2:40 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
240 PM EST FRI NOV 9 2001
90-100KT H3 JET CONTINUES/WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEAK SYSTEMS THROUGH
THE CWA ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY. YESTERDAY...WAA...TODAY...CAA...
TOMORROW...WAA...SUNDAY...CAA. YOU WOULD THINK THIS ROLLER COASTER
RIDE WOULD HELP PRODUCE AT LEAST SOME WIDESPREAD MEASURABLE
PRECIPITATION...BUT THE LACK OF MOISTURE HAS ONLY PRODUCED A TRACE
HERE...A .01 THERE.
DRY NW FLOW TO REMAIN IN TACT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THE SURFACE...
IT APPEARS A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT...FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT LATE TOMORROW OR TOMORROW NIGHT. AGAIN...THESE
FEATURES ARE WEAK AND MOISTURE STARVED. THUS...WE/LL SHIP OUT A DRY
FORECAST. IT APPEARS A MOSTLY CLEAR FORECAST WILL SUFFICE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN ZONES THIS WEEKEND...WHILE NORTHERN ZONES WILL EXPERIENCE
MORE OF A VARIANCE. VARIABLE HIGH CLOUDS THE FIRST TWO PERIODS WITH
CAA CU FORMING SUNDAY.
MAV TEMPERATURES ARE LESS CONSISTENT WITH FAN/FWC NUMBERS AND WILL
NOT FAVOR. FWC WINDS LOOK GOOD THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THOUGHT THEY
WERE A LITTLE UNDERDONE ON SUNDAY WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF CAA.
SEAS REMAIN UP AND WILL CONTINUE SCA. WITH WINDS SUBSIDING...WILL
TAKE SCA DOWN ACROSS THE UPPER DE BAY.
WILL UPDATE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK THIS AFTERNOON AS CECIL AND KENT
COUNTIES ARE NOW UNDER A DROUGHT WATCH...PER THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
FCSTID = KRUZDLO/29
MPO 31 45 31 41 / 10 10 20 10
ABE 33 52 35 49 / 0 0 10 0
RDG 33 52 35 49 / 0 0 10 0
PHL 37 58 39 53 / 0 0 0 0
12N 32 47 33 43 / 10 10 20 10
SMQ 36 57 38 53 / 0 0 0 0
TTN 36 57 38 53 / 0 0 0 0
MIV 34 60 38 52 / 0 0 0 0
ACY 36 60 39 52 / 0 0 0 0
ILG 36 59 38 52 / 0 0 0 0
DOV 36 60 40 53 / 0 0 0 0
GED 36 60 40 53 / 0 0 0 0
ESN 36 60 40 53 / 0 0 0 0
.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
MARINE...SCA FOR DE LOWER BAY AND CSTL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO
FENWICK IS DE.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
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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: 5273036.