Oak Mt. Fire
The Oak Mt. Fire burned 2,235 acres in North Carolina, in 2001. It was discovered on April 20, 2001. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,235 acres
- Discovered
- April 20, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,676 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.517, -82.100.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,235 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,676 acres
- Discovered
- April 20, 2001
- 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
- NC3553908211420010420
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS_NC_224393
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 |
| Cedear Island 1 Fire | 1,360 | Jun 12, 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.