Penn Swamp Fire
The Penn Swamp Fire was reported on July 20, 2017 in Burlington County, New Jersey and burned 3,577 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 3,577 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 35
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.680, -74.640.
The incident
- Size
- 3,577 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2017 at 1:00 AM EDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- Approximately 1.5 miles north of the Batsto Historical Village
- County
- Burlington County
- State
- New Jersey
- Protecting agency
- FFS
- Personnel assigned
- 35
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NJNJS-B072002
- IRWIN identifier
- 8B528826-D51F-4269-867B-E2E0E7A6AA55
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Elwood, NJ covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 22, 2017 at 11:23 AM EDT. Identifier 2017-NJNJS-B072002.