Wolf Island Fire
The Wolf Island Fire burned 678 acres in Pender County, North Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on February 19, 2011, and contained on February 19, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 678 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011
- Contained
- February 19, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,312 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.445, -77.745.
The record
- Reported final size
- 678 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,312 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 19, 2011, 8:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Pender County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- North Carolina Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3440107772520110219
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011NCNCSNCST-071-20110013
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 |
| SR8 Fire | 944 | Mar 24, 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.