Cardinal Fire
The Cardinal Fire burned 1,935 acres in Page County, Virginia, in 2006. It was discovered on April 30, 2006, and contained on May 5, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,935 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2006
- Contained
- May 5, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,347 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.677, -78.552.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,935 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,347 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,935 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 5, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Page County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- VAVAF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3867707856220060430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1447376
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 20065
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Mountain Fire | 3,696 | May 23, 2006 | Natural |
| Peavine Complex | 2,871 | Dec 10, 2006 | Human |
| Lewis Mountain Fire | 1,150 | Apr 4, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,142 | Oct 1, 2006 | |
| Quarry Fire | 1,140 | Mar 4, 2006 | Human |
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.