Jakes Branch Fire
The Jakes Branch Fire burned 1,278 acres in Ocean County, New Jersey, in 2002. It was discovered on June 2, 2002, and contained on June 2, 2002. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,278 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2002
- Contained
- June 2, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,363 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.927, -74.225.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,278 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,363 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2002, 1:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 2, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Ocean County
- Reporting unit
- New Jersey Forest Fire Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NJ3991607421820020602
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2002NJDEPNJ0285-02_B060202
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 New Jersey in 20022
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,600 | Aug 15, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,004 | Jun 3, 2002 |
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.