Slau Bch 2 Fire
The Slau Bch 2 Fire burned 1,576 acres in Delaware, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to March 22, 1988.
- Size
- 1,576 acres
- Ignition
- March 22, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,576 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.892, -75.293.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,576 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 22, 1988
- State
- Delaware
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- DE3889207529319880322
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Delaware in 19881
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay Island Fire | 1,018 | Mar 2, 1988 |
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.