Roan Marsh Fire
The Roan Marsh Fire burned 1,552 acres in North Carolina, in 2000. It was discovered on May 19, 2000, and contained on May 22, 2000. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 1,552 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2000
- Contained
- May 22, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,327 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.798, -75.739.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,552 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,327 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2000, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 22, 2000, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3582607574420000519
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000NCALR4289
- Note on the perimeter
- Herbaceous wetlands Woody wetlands -thin clouds Haze on post fire image
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Ridge Fire | 10,120 | Oct 28, 2000 | Human |
| Tipton Hill Fire | 2,738 | Oct 31, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,988 | Mar 31, 2000 | |
| 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.