Bandytown Fire
The Bandytown Fire burned 470 acres in Boone County, West Virginia, in 1998. It was discovered on March 28, 1998, and contained on March 30, 1998. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 470 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 1998
- Contained
- March 30, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,144 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.941, -81.610.
The record
- Reported final size
- 470 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,144 acres
- Discovered
- March 28, 1998, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 30, 1998, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Boone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3794908163419980328
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1998WVDOF1998-18152
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 19981
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Field Branch Fire | 1,314 | Mar 30, 1998 | 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.