Split Ditch Fire
The Split Ditch Fire was reported on April 9, 2020 in Cumberland County, New Jersey and burned 1,518 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,518 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 9, 2020
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 1,503 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 39.316, -75.111.
The incident
- Size
- 1,518 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 9, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Millville MWA, approx. 5 miles SW of Millville City
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- New Jersey
- Nearest city reported
- Downe Township
- Protecting agency
- FFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NJNJS-C040901
- IRWIN identifier
- 9B5F17AD-2B5C-48FD-8782-3B96279BEEFB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Laurel Lake, NJ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Laurel Lake, NJ5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Port Norris, NJ6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Millville, NJ7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fairton, NJ7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- South Vineland, NJ10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bridgeton, NJ10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 November 25, 2020 at 3:09 PM EST. Identifier 2020-NJNJS-C040901.