Sw Mashoes Fire
The Sw Mashoes Fire burned 665 acres in North Carolina, in 2009. It was discovered on May 30, 2009, and contained on May 30, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 665 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2009
- Contained
- May 30, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,499 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.933, -75.817.
The record
- Reported final size
- 665 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,499 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2009, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 30, 2009, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3595207583720090530
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2009NCALREX00
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 |
| 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 |
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.