Carolina Bay Fire
The Carolina Bay Fire burned 2,660 acres in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 2009. It was discovered on July 23, 2009, and contained on July 26, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,660 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2009
- Contained
- July 26, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,054 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.750, -76.950.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,660 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,054 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,660 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 26, 2009, 7:53 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Carteret County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NCNCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3475607694120090723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1482822
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
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 20096
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Ridge Fire | 2,307 | Apr 27, 2009 | Human |
| 2 1 1 North Bell Island Fy 09 Fire | 1,364 | Feb 23, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,320 | Feb 18, 2009 | |
| 1 3 7 Indian Creek Marsh Fy 09 Fire | 1,084 | Mar 21, 2009 | |
| 2 1 2 Central Bell Island RX Fy 09 B Fire | 1,033 | Feb 17, 2009 | |
| Sw Mashoes Fire | 665 | May 30, 2009 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.