Harmon Branch Fire
The Harmon Branch Fire burned 1,151 acres in McDowell County, West Virginia, in 1995. It was discovered on April 6, 1995, and contained on April 11, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,151 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 1995
- Contained
- April 11, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 529 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.425, -81.782.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,151 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 529 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 1995, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 1995, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- McDowell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3741608177919950406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1995WVDOF1995-15875
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 |
| Abbotts Branch Fire | 1,001 | Apr 5, 1995 | Human |
| Burchett Branch Fire | 784 | 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.