Gauley River Fire
The Gauley River Fire burned 680 acres in West Virginia, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to October 29, 1991.
- Size
- 680 acres
- Ignition
- October 29, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 680 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.214, -81.043.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 680 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,009 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 29, 1991
- State
- West Virginia
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WVNRP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1991-WVNRP-000017
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3821408104319911029
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in West Virginia in 199112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayford Mountain Fire | 31,488 | Oct 27, 1991 | |
| Jennings Creek Fire | 29,291 | Oct 27, 1991 | |
| White Oak Branch Fire | 25,537 | Oct 31, 1991 | |
| Tug River Fire | 20,802 | Oct 26, 1991 | |
| Browns Branch Fire | 17,315 | Oct 29, 1991 | |
| Huff Creek Fire | 15,177 | Oct 26, 1991 | |
| Rollins Branch Fire | 14,424 | Nov 2, 1991 | |
| Gauley Mtn Fire | 13,101 | Oct 29, 1991 | |
| Rock House Branch Fire | 13,053 | Oct 28, 1991 | |
| Toms Branch Fire | 11,840 | Oct 30, 1991 | |
| Brushy Fork Fire | 10,692 | Oct 25, 1991 | |
| Left Fork Fire | 10,187 | Oct 29, 1991 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.