Elliotts Island Fire
The Elliotts Island Fire was reported on February 20, 2022 in Dorchester County, Maryland and burned 2,000 acres. It was declared out on February 21, 2022.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 20, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped December 19, 2022 at 1:27 PM EST, 2,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 38.355, -75.944.
The incident
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM EST
- Declared out
- February 21, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area
- County
- Dorchester County
- State
- Maryland
- Nearest city reported
- Elliott's Island
- Protecting agency
- DNRF
- Jurisdiction
- DNRF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MDMDS-000215
- IRWIN identifier
- 046119BD-794A-42AF-A382-1F10862A283A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mount Vernon, MD covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mount Vernon, MD10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hebron, MD15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Cambridge, MD16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Princess Anne, MD17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fruitland, MD18 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Algonquin, MD18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Maryland wildfires today Wildfires of 2022 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 February 28, 2022 at 2:04 PM EST. Identifier 2022-MDMDS-000215.