A Perspective on the Size of the Pinelands Fire
The fire in South Jersey’s Wharton State Forest has consumed at least 13,500 acres, creating a footprint, if placed over Philadelphia, that would stretch from City Avenue southeast across the Delaware River to Camden.
1
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
Approximate extent
of South Jersey fire
76
30
95
1
CAMDEN
COUNTY
PHILADELPHIA
130
DELAWARE
COUNTY
676
76
MILES
95
0
2
SOURCES: NASA; U.S. Forest Service
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist
A Perspective on the Size
of the Pinelands Fire
The fire in South Jersey’s Wharton State Forest has consumed at least 13,500 acres, creating a footprint, if placed over Philadelphia, that would stretch from City Avenue southeast across the Delaware River to Camden.
1
Approximate extent
of South Jersey fire
1
76
95
PHILADELPHIA
676
76
MILES
95
0
2
SOURCES: NASA; U.S. Forest Service
JOHN DUCHNESKIE / Staff Artist
