Retaining Ecological Health Fire
The Retaining Ecological Health Fire burned 4,266 acres in Maryland, in 2004. MTBS dates its ignition to February 13, 2004.
- Size
- 4,266 acres
- Ignition
- February 13, 2004
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,266 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.394, -76.061.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,266 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 13, 2004
- State
- Maryland
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3838807607420040213
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter includes additional burn scars from different dates. Hard to differentiate burn scars.
Other large fires in Maryland in 20043
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,157 | Jan 16, 2004 | |
| Robbins Fire | 1,040 | Jan 13, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Jan 21, 2004 |
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.