Monkey Face Fire
The Monkey Face Fire burned 1,922 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 2002. It was discovered on February 26, 2002, and contained on March 2, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,922 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2002
- Contained
- March 2, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,906 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.339, -79.881.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,922 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,906 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 2, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Berkeley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Monkey Face Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3333207986320020226
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-374188
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 South Carolina in 20029
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legends Fire | 1,648 | Jun 15, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,600 | Feb 25, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,521 | Mar 29, 2002 | |
| 2001 0505 Fire | 1,373 | Feb 13, 2002 | |
| 2002 0901 Fire | 1,149 | Feb 12, 2002 | |
| 2002 1603 Fire | 1,149 | Mar 14, 2002 | |
| 2001 1103 Fire | 1,112 | Feb 11, 2002 | |
| 2002 0803 Fire | 1,055 | Feb 11, 2002 | |
| Wmuc 237802 Fire | 1,014 | Mar 15, 2002 |
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.