Wildfires of 2001

Larman Fire

2001Madison County, North CarolinaWildfire

The Larman Fire burned 2,943 acres in Madison County, North Carolina, in 2001. It was discovered on November 12, 2001, and contained on November 12, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
2,943 acres
Discovered
November 12, 2001
Contained
November 12, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,073 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.917, -82.851.

The record

Reported final size
2,943 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,073 acres
Discovered
November 12, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
Contained
November 12, 2001, 9:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
North Carolina
County
Madison County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
National Forests in North Carolina
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NC3592708284620011112
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FS-373009
Note on the perimeter
Single scene assessment

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

FireAcresStartCause
Sharp Fire7,580Nov 10, 2001Human
Oak Mt. Fire2,235Apr 20, 2001Human
Cedear Island 1 Fire1,360Jun 12, 2001Human
Pi 8 1 1 3 Fire1,335Feb 11, 2001
1 1 4 Fire1,033Jan 5, 2001

Every fire of 2001 North Carolina fire history

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.