Stony Ridge Fire
The Stony Ridge Fire burned 2,307 acres in North Carolina, in 2009. It was discovered on April 27, 2009, and contained on May 1, 2009. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,307 acres
- Discovered
- April 27, 2009
- Contained
- May 1, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,520 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.534, -83.276.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,307 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,520 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,191 acres
- Discovered
- April 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 1, 2009, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Cherokee Agency
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TNGSP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-TNGSP-009018
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3553008327320090427
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-587190
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Bay Fire | 2,660 | Jul 23, 2009 | Natural |
| 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.