Pains Bay Fire
The Pains Bay Fire burned 45,294 acres in North Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on May 5, 2011, and contained on August 22, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 45,294 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2011
- Contained
- August 22, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 40,198 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.597, -75.800.
The record
- Reported final size
- 45,294 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 40,198 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2011, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 2011, 5:00 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
- NC3559707580020110505
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011NCALRF3FT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Road Fire | 31,140 | Jun 19, 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.