Little Hellhole Fire
The Little Hellhole Fire burned 1,834 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 2003. It was discovered on January 29, 2003, and contained on February 3, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,834 acres
- Discovered
- January 29, 2003
- Contained
- February 3, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,721 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.167, -79.833.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,834 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,721 acres
- Discovered
- January 29, 2003, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 3, 2003, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Berkeley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3317407985620030129
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391691
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 20032
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 1502 Fire | 1,285 | Mar 24, 2003 | |
| 2002 1403 Fire | 1,006 | Mar 12, 2003 |
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.