Sunrise Fire
The Sunrise Fire burned 2,005 acres in McDowell County, North Carolina, in 2008. It was discovered on April 18, 2008, and contained on April 27, 2008. The cause was recorded as other causes.
- Size
- 2,005 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008
- Contained
- April 27, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,904 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.871, -81.930.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,005 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,904 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008, 2:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 27, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Other causes
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- McDowell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3586008192920080418
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1459283
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Road Fire | 41,060 | Jun 3, 2008 | Natural |
| Mcpherson Road Fire | 2,100 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| Lizzy Henry Fire | 2,084 | Apr 19, 2008 | |
| Lynch Road Fire | 2,012 | Feb 10, 2008 | |
| 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.