Wildfires of 2004

BT-11 Fire

2004Carteret County, North CarolinaWildfire

The BT-11 Fire burned 1,500 acres in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 2004. It was discovered on July 16, 2004, and contained on July 17, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,500 acres
Discovered
July 16, 2004
Contained
July 17, 2004
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 35.017, -76.421.

The record

Reported final size
1,500 acres
Discovered
July 16, 2004, 12:00 a.m. local time
Contained
July 17, 2004, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
North Carolina
County
Carteret County
Land ownership at origin
Other Federal
Reporting unit
Camp LeJeune
Agency
Department of Defense
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2004_NC-CLQ-043002

Other large fires in North Carolina in 20041

FireAcresStartCause
Quad 2 1 2 Fire1,299Feb 22, 2004

Every fire of 2004 North Carolina fire history

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Sources

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.