Training Fire
The Training Fire burned 4,265 acres in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 2007. It was discovered on April 13, 2007, and contained on April 15, 2007.
- Size
- 4,265 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2007
- Contained
- April 15, 2007
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,843 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.950, -76.483.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,265 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,843 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2007, 12:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 15, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Carteret County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3494107648020070413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_NC-NCS-07016031
- Note on the perimeter
- Duplicate fire ID (point) was mislocated.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linville Complex (Dobson Knob) Fire | 5,015 | Jun 8, 2007 | Natural |
| 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.