Robbins Fire
The Robbins Fire burned 1,040 acres in Maryland, in 2004. It was discovered on January 13, 2004, and contained on January 13, 2004. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,040 acres
- Discovered
- January 13, 2004
- Contained
- January 13, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,613 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.370, -76.056.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,040 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,613 acres
- Discovered
- January 13, 2004, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 13, 2004, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Maryland
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3835807605620040113
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004MDBWRAZ3C
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 Maryland in 20043
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retaining Ecological Health Fire | 4,266 | Feb 13, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,157 | Jan 16, 2004 | |
| 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. 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.