Puncheon Camp Fire
The Puncheon Camp Fire burned 1,113 acres in Virginia, in 2000. It was discovered on October 29, 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to October 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,113 acres
- Discovered
- October 29, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,524 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.617, -78.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,113 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,524 acres
- Discovered
- October 29, 2000
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 25, 2000
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Virginia
- Reporting unit
- Virginia Department of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3736308211820001025
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_VA_7959
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 20002
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rag Fire | 6,128 | ||
| Hoover Camp Fire | 715 | Mar 5, 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.