Great Lake Fire
The Great Lake Fire burned 3,400 acres in North Carolina, in 1992. It was discovered on May 16, 1992, and contained on May 17, 1992. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,400 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 1992
- Contained
- May 17, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,845 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.833, -77.083.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,845 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 1992, 12:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 17, 1992, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3485707708419920516
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-276393
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 North Carolina in 19921
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary 1 Fire | 1,200 | Jul 18, 1992 | Natural |
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.