Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 440 acres in Wayne County, West Virginia, in 1994. It was discovered on November 4, 1994, and contained on November 5, 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to December 2, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 440 acres
- Discovered
- November 4, 1994
- Contained
- November 5, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,084 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.040, -82.418.
The record
- Reported final size
- 440 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,084 acres
- Discovered
- November 4, 1994, 2:26 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 2, 1994
- Contained
- November 5, 1994, 2:26 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Wayne County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3803108241119941202
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1994WVDOF1994-4531
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 199410
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scissorsville Branch Fire | 4,552 | Oct 27, 1994 | Human |
| Rich Creek Left Fork Fire | 2,233 | Nov 8, 1994 | Human |
| Sweet Fork Fire | 1,825 | Nov 11, 1994 | Human |
| Pine Branch Fire | 1,632 | Nov 7, 1994 | Human |
| Beech Creek Fire | 1,442 | Nov 8, 1994 | Human |
| Camp Branch Fire | 1,388 | Nov 4, 1994 | Human |
| Jarrells Branch Fire | 1,290 | Nov 4, 1994 | Human |
| Pumpkinfield Branch Fire | 838 | Nov 7, 1994 | Human |
| Bear Branch Fire | 562 | Nov 5, 1994 | Human |
| Cub Branch Fire | 532 | Nov 9, 1994 | Human |
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.