Se Blocks Fire
The Se Blocks Fire burned 1,277 acres in Virginia, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to April 29, 1998.
- Size
- 1,277 acres
- Ignition
- April 29, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,277 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.555, -76.428.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,277 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 29, 1998
- State
- Virginia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3655507642919980429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire scar in pre-fire image
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 |
| Bob Gap Fire | 1,085 | Nov 29, 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. 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.