Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,150 acres in South Carolina, in 1997. It was discovered on March 10, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,150 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,114 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.625, -79.258.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,150 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,114 acres
- Discovered
- March 10, 1997
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- South Carolina
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3361707926619970310
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_SC_46012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrell Fire | 2,765 | Mar 31, 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.