Peavine Complex
The Peavine Complex burned 2,871 acres in Amherst County, Virginia, in 2006. It was discovered on December 10, 2006, and contained on December 14, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,871 acres
- Discovered
- December 10, 2006
- Contained
- December 14, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,950 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.615, -79.366.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,871 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,950 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,873 acres
- Discovered
- December 10, 2006, 11:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 14, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Amherst County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- NCBRP
- Part of
- Peavine Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NCBRP-000002
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3761507934720061210
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1447310
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Cardinal Fire | 1,935 | Apr 30, 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.