Tipton Hill Fire
The Tipton Hill Fire burned 2,738 acres in North Carolina, in 2000. It was discovered on October 31, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,738 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,663 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.050, -82.267.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,738 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,663 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 2000
- 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
- NC3606708226420001031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_NC_216883
- Note on the perimeter
- Single scene due to late season 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 20005
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Ridge Fire | 10,120 | Oct 28, 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.