Warren Grove Fire
The Warren Grove Fire burned 17,050 acres in New Jersey, in 2007. It was discovered on May 15, 2007, and contained on May 21, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 17,050 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2007
- Contained
- May 21, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,304 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.708, -74.310.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,050 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,304 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2007, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Jersey
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NJ3969707434220070515
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2007NJERRDFR2
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 New Jersey in 20071
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atsion Fire | 2,450 | Aug 3, 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.