Murrell Fire
The Murrell Fire burned 2,765 acres in South Carolina, in 1997. It was discovered on March 31, 1997, and contained on April 11, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,765 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 1997
- Contained
- April 11, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,124 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.083, -79.583.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,765 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,124 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 1997, 3:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 1997, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- South Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3310407957419970331
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-322786
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 19976
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,150 | Mar 10, 1997 | Human |
| Fire 120297 | 1,448 | Feb 27, 1997 | |
| Fire 150197 | 1,423 | Apr 15, 1997 | |
| Fire 50297 | 1,319 | Feb 5, 1997 | |
| Fire 140397 | 1,069 | Jan 18, 1997 | |
| Fire 130197 | 1,024 | Jan 14, 1997 |
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.