Brushy Ridge Fire
The Brushy Ridge Fire burned 10,120 acres in Burke County, North Carolina, in 2000. It was discovered on October 28, 2000, and contained on November 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 10,120 acres
- Discovered
- October 28, 2000
- Contained
- November 9, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,398 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.928, -81.908.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,120 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,398 acres
- Discovered
- October 28, 2000, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 9, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Burke County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Brushy Ridge Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3586508189320001028
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-361884
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 20005
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Hill Fire | 2,738 | Oct 31, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,988 | Mar 31, 2000 | |
| Roan Marsh Fire | 1,552 | May 19, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,028 | Apr 5, 2000 | |
| Roy Watson 2 Fire | 600 | Mar 6, 2000 | 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.