Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 970 acres in North Carolina, in 1993. It was discovered on August 3, 1993. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 970 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,074 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.958, -78.142.
The record
- Reported final size
- 970 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,074 acres
- Discovered
- August 3, 1993
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Carolina
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3395607812819930803
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_NC_181528
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 19931
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,216 | Jul 9, 1993 | 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.