Churches Island 2 Fire
The Churches Island 2 Fire burned 681 acres in North Carolina, in 1999. It was discovered on March 8, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 681 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,011 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.415, -75.932.
The record
- Reported final size
- 681 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,011 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3638507593019990308
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_NC_209685
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 |
| Avey Creek Fire | 1,450 | Nov 15, 1999 | Human |
| 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 |
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.