SR8 Fire
The SR8 Fire burned 944 acres in Onslow County, North Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on March 24, 2011, and contained on March 24, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to March 23, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 944 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2011
- Contained
- March 24, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,313 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.569, -77.487.
The record
- Reported final size
- 944 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,313 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2011, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 23, 2011
- Contained
- March 24, 2011, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Onslow County
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3460407753620110323
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011NCNCSNCST-067-20110083
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.