Valentine Fire
The Valentine Fire burned 1,164 acres in Cumberland County, North Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on February 21, 2011, and contained on March 17, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,164 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2011
- Contained
- March 17, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,082 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.871, -78.778.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,164 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,082 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2011, 2:27 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 17, 2011, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Cumberland County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3487107877820110221
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011_NC-NCS-11026025
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 | |
| 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.