Overhills Fire
The Overhills Fire burned 750 acres in Harnett County, North Carolina, in 2006. It was discovered on April 14, 2006.
- Size
- 750 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2006
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,439 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.217, -78.983.
The record
- Reported final size
- 750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,439 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2006, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Harnett County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3522707899220060414
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_NC-NCS-06-043-036
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 20064
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,026 | Apr 11, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,603 | Apr 11, 2006 | |
| North Navy Research 4 5 1 Fire | 1,194 | Mar 4, 2006 | |
| Long Shoal 2 5 4 Fire | 1,055 | Feb 13, 2006 |
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.