Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,634 acres in West Virginia, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to November 19, 2001.
- Size
- 1,634 acres
- Ignition
- November 19, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,634 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.555, -81.985.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,634 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 19, 2001
- State
- West Virginia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3755508198520011119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in West Virginia in 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett Branch Fire | 5,832 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Puckett Ridge Fire | 4,850 | Nov 1, 2001 | Human |
| Elk Creek Fire | 3,186 | Oct 30, 2001 | Human |
| Munchlinville Fire | 2,412 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Mud River Fire | 2,250 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Bandytown Fire | 2,063 | Oct 30, 2001 | Human |
| Mitchell Branch Fire | 2,000 | Nov 11, 2001 | Human |
| James Creek Fire | 1,940 | Nov 28, 2001 | Human |
| Red Jacket Fire | 1,934 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| New Creek Mtn Fire | 1,800 | Oct 25, 2001 | Human |
| Chestnutlog Fire | 1,739 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Mikes Fork Fire | 1,458 | Oct 24, 2001 | 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.