Wildfires of 1987

Unnamed Fire

1987West VirginiaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 14,547 acres in West Virginia, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to November 13, 1987.

Size
14,547 acres
Ignition
November 13, 1987

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,547 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.879, -82.339.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
14,547 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
November 13, 1987
State
West Virginia
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
WV3792708230419871113
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)

Other large fires in West Virginia in 198712

FireAcresStartCause
Brushy Fire61,193Nov 7, 1987
Unnamed Fire41,774Nov 13, 1987
Unnamed Fire27,304Nov 13, 1987
Ellis Creek Fire24,051Nov 5, 1987
Ruckers Branch Fire14,734Nov 4, 1987
Pine Creek Fire8,859Nov 3, 1987
Rick Creek Road Fire7,732Oct 30, 1987
Mill Creek Road Fire7,026Nov 3, 1987
Joes Branch Fire6,333Nov 3, 1987
Plum Branch Fire6,222Nov 5, 1987
Tucker Hollow Fire5,857Nov 6, 1987
Hunters Branch Fire5,591Nov 3, 1987

Every fire of 1987 West Virginia fire history

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.