16 Mile Fire
The 16 Mile Fire was reported on April 20, 2016 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania and burned 8,032 acres. It was declared out on May 3, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,032 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2016
- Personnel
- 23
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.214, -75.182.
The incident
- Size
- 8,032 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2016 at 9:44 AM EDT
- Contained
- April 29, 2016 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- May 2, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- May 3, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Monroe County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Nearest city reported
- Cresco
- Protecting agency
- FFP
- Personnel assigned
- 23
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-PAPAS-19161026
- IRWIN identifier
- D854674A-0BD1-4EE5-8E99-187BD788168A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Canadensis, PA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Canadensis, PA4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mountainhome, PA5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cresco, PA7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Parkside, PA9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Saw Creek, PA10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hemlock Farms, PA11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Pennsylvania wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 12, 2016 at 2:42 PM EDT. Identifier 2016-PAPAS-19161026.