Cedear Island 1 Fire
The Cedear Island 1 Fire burned 1,360 acres in North Carolina, in 2001. It was discovered on June 12, 2001, and contained on June 13, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,360 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2001
- Contained
- June 13, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,230 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.889, -76.358.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,360 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,230 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 13, 2001, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3491207634620010612
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2001NCCDR4010
- Note on the perimeter
- Flooding effects within burned perimeter.
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 20015
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Fire | 7,580 | Nov 10, 2001 | Human |
| Larman Fire | 2,943 | Nov 12, 2001 | Human |
| Oak Mt. Fire | 2,235 | Apr 20, 2001 | Human |
| Pi 8 1 1 3 Fire | 1,335 | Feb 11, 2001 | |
| 1 1 4 Fire | 1,033 | Jan 5, 2001 |
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.