Buck Mtn Fire
The Buck Mtn Fire burned 1,146 acres in Virginia, in 2002. It was discovered on March 23, 2002, and contained on March 28, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,146 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2002
- Contained
- March 28, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 904 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.193, -79.990.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,146 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 904 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,125 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2002, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 28, 2002, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Virginia
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Blueridge Parkway
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- NCBRP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-NCBRP-000012
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3718907997920020323
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-223264
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 20022
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fultz Run Fire | 4,200 | Feb 26, 2002 | Human |
| Marbleyard Fire | 2,935 | Jun 5, 2002 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.