Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 862 acres in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, in 1994. It was discovered on March 18, 1994, and contained on March 18, 1994.
- Size
- 862 acres
- Discovered
- March 18, 1994
- Contained
- March 18, 1994
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,176 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.575, -79.892.
The record
- Reported final size
- 862 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,176 acres
- Discovered
- March 18, 1994
- Contained
- March 18, 1994
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Williamsburg County
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3358607987519940318
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SC_12983
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,545 | Mar 23, 1994 | |
| Cm 15 16 17 Fire | 1,872 | Feb 17, 1994 | |
| Comp 1112 Fire | 1,798 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Comp 3 Fire | 1,381 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Comp 1920 Fire | 1,371 | Feb 4, 1994 | |
| Comp 5 Fire | 1,340 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,288 | Mar 23, 1994 | |
| Eastmarsh Fire | 1,245 | Mar 8, 1994 | Human |
| Comp 8 9 Fire | 1,155 | Feb 16, 1994 | |
| Comp 14 B Fire | 1,066 | Feb 3, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,018 | Mar 23, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 571 | Mar 27, 1994 |
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.