Woodpecker Fire
The Woodpecker Fire burned 1,157 acres in Carteret County, North Carolina, in 2013. It was discovered on March 29, 2013, and contained on March 30, 2013. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,157 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013
- Contained
- March 30, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,018 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.728, -77.026.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,157 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,018 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,157 acres
- Discovered
- March 29, 2013, 5:48 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 30, 2013, 12:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Carteret County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in North Carolina
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NCNCF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NC3472807702520130329
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1511684
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
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 20131
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Rock Fire | 2,579 | Nov 12, 2013 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.