Allen Road Fire
The Allen Road Fire was reported on May 31, 2023 in Burlington County, New Jersey and burned 5,474 acres. It was fully contained on June 3, 2023. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,474 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2023
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped May 31, 2023 at 10:00 PM EDT, 5,559 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 39.635, -74.446.
The incident
- Size
- 5,474 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Contained
- June 3, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Bass River State Forest, Bass River Twp., Burlington Cty
- County
- Burlington County
- State
- New Jersey
- Nearest city reported
- Bass River Twp
- Protecting agency
- FFS
- Jurisdiction
- FFS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NJNJS-000443
- IRWIN identifier
- D444BF63-2074-401D-BA6D-693989B8DF02
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tuckerton, NJ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tuckerton, NJ6 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Mystic Island, NJ7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Port Republic, NJ8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Smithville, NJ10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Manahawkin, NJ11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Ocean Acres, NJ12 miles northeast 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 28, 2023 at 1:09 PM EST. Identifier 2023-NJNJS-000443.