First Fire-Code 1 Fire
The First Fire-Code 1 Fire burned 2,300 acres in North Carolina, in 2003. It was discovered on May 12, 2003, and contained on May 19, 2003. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 2,300 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2003
- Contained
- May 19, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,317 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.690, -75.785.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,317 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 2003, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 19, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- North Carolina
- Reporting unit
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3568707581320030512
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003NCALRD350
- Note on the perimeter
- FOD point from state reports 26000 acres but I think that was a typo. 2600 may be a little more like it.
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 20031
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Marsh 2 2 5 A Fire | 3,150 | Jan 12, 2003 |
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.