Brake Run Shen. Mt. Rd Fire
The Brake Run Shen. Mt. Rd Fire burned 2,743 acres in Hardy County, West Virginia, in 2000. It was discovered on May 10, 2000, and contained on May 13, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,743 acres
- Discovered
- May 10, 2000
- Contained
- May 13, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,055 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.870, -79.022.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,743 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,055 acres
- Discovered
- May 10, 2000, 1:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 13, 2000, 1:50 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Hardy County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3886607901320000510
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000WVDOF2000-19556
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 200010
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measle Fork Fire | 2,859 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Schoolhouse Branch Fire | 2,533 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Summer Fork Fire | 1,934 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Buffalo Creek & Toney Fork Fire | 1,619 | Nov 1, 2000 | Human |
| Blair Fork Fire | 1,592 | Nov 2, 2000 | Human |
| Wolf Pen Fire | 1,531 | Oct 31, 2000 | Human |
| Trace Fork Fire | 1,208 | Nov 3, 2000 | Human |
| Grassy Fork Fire | 1,114 | Nov 2, 2000 | Human |
| Smith Branch & Sulphur Branch Fire | 1,019 | Nov 4, 2000 | Human |
| Clear Fork Fire | 904 | Mar 6, 2000 | 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.