Evans Road Fire
The Evans Road Fire burned 41,060 acres in North Carolina, in 2008. It was discovered on June 3, 2008, and contained on September 24, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 41,060 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2008
- Contained
- September 24, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 41,542 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.700, -76.370.
The record
- Reported final size
- 41,060 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 41,542 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2008, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 24, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3569207635320080603
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008NCPORD7L1
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 20087
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcpherson Road Fire | 2,100 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Lizzy Henry Fire | 2,084 | Apr 19, 2008 | |
| Lynch Road Fire | 2,012 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Sunrise Fire | 2,005 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Highway 1 Fire | 1,778 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Sycamore Shores Fire | 1,521 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Edna Buck Road Fire | 1,154 | Mar 26, 2008 |
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.