Pumpkin Field Branch Fire
The Pumpkin Field Branch Fire burned 1,314 acres in Mingo County, West Virginia, in 1998. It was discovered on March 30, 1998, and contained on March 31, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,314 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1998
- Contained
- March 31, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,579 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.931, -82.250.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,314 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,579 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1998, 3:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 31, 1998, 3:12 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Mingo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3793808225419980330
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1998WVDOF1998-18112
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandytown Fire | 470 | Mar 28, 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.