Bell Slop Fire
The Bell Slop Fire burned 1,500 acres in North Carolina, in 2002. It was discovered on March 28, 2002, and contained on March 28, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2002
- Contained
- March 28, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,819 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.424, -76.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,819 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 2002, 1:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 28, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3543707638820020328
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002NCSWR4581
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 20022
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Is R Fire | 1,001 | Aug 8, 2002 | Human |
| BT-11 Fire | 925 | May 22, 2002 | 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.