Pine Creek Fire
The Pine Creek Fire burned 8,859 acres in West Virginia, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to November 3, 1987.
- Size
- 8,859 acres
- Ignition
- November 3, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,859 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.730, -82.063.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,859 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 3, 1987
- State
- West Virginia
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3773008206319871103
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in West Virginia in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Fire | 61,193 | Nov 7, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 41,774 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 27,304 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Ellis Creek Fire | 24,051 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Ruckers Branch Fire | 14,734 | Nov 4, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,547 | Nov 13, 1987 | |
| Rick Creek Road Fire | 7,732 | Oct 30, 1987 | |
| Mill Creek Road Fire | 7,026 | Nov 3, 1987 | |
| Joes Branch Fire | 6,333 | Nov 3, 1987 | |
| Plum Branch Fire | 6,222 | Nov 5, 1987 | |
| Tucker Hollow Fire | 5,857 | Nov 6, 1987 | |
| Hunters Branch Fire | 5,591 | Nov 3, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.