Sharp Fire
The Sharp Fire burned 7,580 acres in North Carolina, in 2001. It was discovered on November 10, 2001, and contained on November 21, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 7,580 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 2001
- Contained
- November 21, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,042 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.507, -83.457.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,042 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,705 acres
- Discovered
- November 10, 2001, 3:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 21, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TNGSP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-TNGSP-002145
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3550208345820011110
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-224703
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larman Fire | 2,943 | Nov 12, 2001 | Human |
| Oak Mt. Fire | 2,235 | Apr 20, 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.