Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,600 acres in Ocean County, New Jersey, in 2002. It was discovered on August 15, 2002, and contained on August 15, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002
- Contained
- August 15, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,822 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.029, -74.497.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,822 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002, 10:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Ocean County
- Reporting unit
- New Jersey Forest Fire Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NJ4000807450620020815
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2002NJDEPNJ0285-02_B081503
- Note on the perimeter
- Woody Wetland and Evergreen Forest
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakes Branch Fire | 1,278 | Jun 2, 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.