Avey Creek Fire
The Avey Creek Fire burned 1,450 acres in Graham County, North Carolina, in 1999. It was discovered on November 15, 1999, and contained on November 26, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,450 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 1999
- Contained
- November 26, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,099 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.397, -83.920.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,450 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,099 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 1999, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 26, 1999, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Graham County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Avey Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Horse Cove
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3537908393019991115
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-346403
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter may include the Horse Cove fire.
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 19997
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| North River Fire | 3,053 | Apr 15, 1999 | |
| Lsr 2 5 6 Fire | 2,629 | Nov 13, 1999 | |
| Hammock Island Fire | 2,000 | Apr 14, 1999 | Natural |
| Goldie Deaden Fire | 1,261 | Nov 15, 1999 | Human |
| Spencer 1 Fire | 1,182 | Nov 5, 1999 | |
| Lsr 2 5 4 Fire | 1,140 | Feb 24, 1999 | |
| Churches Island 2 Fire | 681 | Mar 8, 1999 | 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.