Clear Fork Fire
The Clear Fork Fire burned 904 acres in Raleigh County, West Virginia, in 2000. It was discovered on March 6, 2000, and contained on March 9, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 904 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2000
- Contained
- March 9, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,158 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.955, -81.467.
The record
- Reported final size
- 904 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,158 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2000, 6:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 9, 2000, 6:09 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Raleigh County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3796508147820000306
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000WVDOF2000-19830
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre fire image for dNBR assessment
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 |
| Brake Run Shen. Mt. Rd Fire | 2,743 | May 10, 2000 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.