Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 450 acres in Clarendon County, South Carolina, in 1992. It was discovered on April 5, 1992, and contained on April 5, 1992.
- Size
- 450 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 1992
- Contained
- April 5, 1992
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,646 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.612, -80.112.
The record
- Reported final size
- 450 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,646 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 1992
- Contained
- April 5, 1992
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Clarendon County
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3359708010119920405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SC_23033
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 South Carolina in 19924
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comp 15 Fire | 1,697 | Feb 29, 1992 | |
| Comp 18 Fire | 1,482 | Feb 6, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,216 | Mar 1, 1992 | |
| Comp 8 A Fire | 1,056 | Mar 2, 1992 |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.