Four Mile Colony Fire
The Four Mile Colony Fire burned 2,900 acres in Burlington County, New Jersey, in 1992. It was discovered on May 3, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,900 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,645 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.883, -74.575.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,645 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 1992
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Burlington County
- Reporting unit
- New Jersey Forest Fire Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NJ3986207455119920503
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-NJ0285-92_B050304
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in New Jersey in 19924
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forked River Moutain Apr Fire | 5,284 | Jun 13, 1992 | Human |
| Power Plant Fire | 4,832 | May 3, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,465 | May 3, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | May 23, 1992 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.