Burchett Branch Fire
The Burchett Branch Fire burned 784 acres in Wayne County, West Virginia, in 1995. It was discovered on April 5, 1995, and contained on April 6, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 784 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 1995
- Contained
- April 6, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,177 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.957, -82.470.
The record
- Reported final size
- 784 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,177 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 1995, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 6, 1995, 2:00 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
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3796908245619950405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1995WVDOF1995-16336
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire to the South of the burn scar is earlier burned fire under MTBS threshold of 500 acres.
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 19956
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumble Fire | 1,550 | Apr 3, 1995 | Human |
| Jim Branch Fire | 1,485 | Apr 3, 1995 | Human |
| Harmon Branch Fire | 1,151 | Apr 6, 1995 | Human |
| Abbotts Branch Fire | 1,001 | Apr 5, 1995 | Human |
| Bum Fork Fire | 652 | Apr 3, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 265 | Apr 3, 1995 | 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.