Bob Gap Fire
The Bob Gap Fire burned 1,085 acres in Letcher County, Virginia, in 1998. It was discovered on November 29, 1998, and contained on December 4, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,085 acres
- Discovered
- November 29, 1998
- Contained
- December 4, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,106 acres, mapped by digitized from hardcopy pbs/seq. Point of origin as reported, 37.233, -82.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,085 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,106 acres
- Discovered
- November 29, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 4, 1998, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Letcher County
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- VAVAF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-339627
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized From Hardcopy PBS/SEQ
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire Intensity Level 1, burned 1062 acres Kentucky, 23 in NF
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 19983
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Lick Fire | 1,800 | Nov 21, 1998 | Human |
| Calvary Fire | 1,431 | Oct 25, 1998 | Human |
| Se Blocks Fire | 1,277 | Apr 29, 1998 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.