Linville Complex (Dobson Knob) Fire
The Linville Complex (Dobson Knob) Fire burned 5,015 acres in Burke County, North Carolina, in 2007. It was discovered on June 8, 2007, and contained on July 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,015 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2007
- Contained
- July 25, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,147 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.840, -81.891.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,015 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,147 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2007, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2007, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Burke County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Linville Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Pinnacle, Dobson Knob
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3582708191720070608
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456494
- Note on the perimeter
- Comples fire may include Pinnacle fire
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 20078
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training Fire | 4,265 | Apr 13, 2007 | |
| 3 4 1 Rumleys Marsh Fy 07 Fire | 3,557 | Feb 24, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,615 | Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,607 | Mar 5, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,198 | Mar 13, 2007 | |
| East Pender Complex | 1,100 | Apr 23, 2007 | |
| Koehring Slop Wildfire Fire | 886 | Mar 13, 2007 | Human |
| Longbranch-Robeson Complex | 200 | Aug 8, 2007 |
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.