Norwood Fire
The Norwood Fire burned 1,200 acres in Nelson County, Virginia, in 1995. It was discovered on April 4, 1995, and contained on April 5, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 1995
- Contained
- April 5, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,000 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.662, -78.765.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 1995
- Contained
- April 5, 1995
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Nelson County
- Reporting unit
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3765807877419950404
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-VA-FRA10256
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 Virginia in 19954
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cove Fire | 2,151 | Apr 8, 1995 | Human |
| South Fire | 1,678 | Apr 9, 1995 | Human |
| Johns Fire | 1,354 | Apr 8, 1995 | Human |
| Shengap Fire | 1,070 | 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.