Descriptive InformationThis photograph shows the point of origin of the Shut-in Creek fire. At the lower right corner, the Chief Forester, Mr. J.D. Coffman, is standing on a pole of ashes were the donkey engine had been placed at the time the fire started. A upper left, Mr. Ralph Pritchard is standing by the log where the fire was first discovered.Shut-in Creek Fire, IV-D-13000, Miscellaneous - Disasters (Fires; floods; accidents; plane crashes; landslides; snow storm damage)
LocationsShut-In Creek, Madison County, North Carolina, United States(35.91982,-82.8707)