Chucks First Big One Fire
The Chucks First Big One Fire burned 547 acres in Scotland County, North Carolina, in 2010. It was discovered on March 6, 2010, and contained on March 6, 2010. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 547 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2010
- Contained
- March 6, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,251 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.958, -79.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 547 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,251 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2010, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 6, 2010, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Scotland County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3496907950420100306
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-NCNCSNCST-083-20100020
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 20101
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 2 North Marsh Fy 10 Fire | 1,505 | Mar 28, 2010 |
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.