Juniper Road Fire
The Juniper Road Fire burned 31,140 acres in Pender County, North Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on June 19, 2011, and contained on August 31, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 31,140 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011
- Contained
- August 31, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,557 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.544, -77.673.
The record
- Reported final size
- 31,140 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 31,557 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011, 3:33 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Pender County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3454407767320110619
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011_NC-NCS-11-071-048
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 20117
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pains Bay Fire | 45,294 | May 5, 2011 | Natural |
| Simmons Road Fire | 5,438 | Jun 20, 2011 | Natural |
| Parktown Road Fire | 2,030 | Feb 19, 2011 | Human |
| Judes Gap Fire | 1,477 | Feb 12, 2011 | |
| Valentine Fire | 1,164 | Feb 21, 2011 | Human |
| SR8 Fire | 944 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Wolf Island Fire | 678 | Feb 19, 2011 | Human |
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.