Blackhorse Fire
The Blackhorse Fire burned 1,550 acres in Bedford County, Virginia, in 2008. It was discovered on February 8, 2008, and contained on February 10, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to February 9, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,550 acres
- Discovered
- February 8, 2008
- Contained
- February 10, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,537 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.411, -79.768.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,550 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,537 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,539 acres
- Discovered
- February 8, 2008, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 9, 2008
- Contained
- February 10, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Bedford County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- NCBRP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-NCBRP-000001
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3742107975420080209
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474693
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- 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 20089
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| South 1 Fire | 4,884 | Jun 9, 2008 | Human |
| St Marys Fire | 4,505 | Mar 25, 2008 | Human |
| Angel Fire | 3,990 | Feb 10, 2008 | Human |
| Old Stage Road Fire | 2,850 | Feb 10, 2008 | Human |
| Little Cuba Fire | 2,738 | Feb 10, 2008 | Human |
| Thraser Hill Fire | 1,300 | Feb 10, 2008 | Human |
| Pocahontas Road Fire | 1,250 | Feb 10, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Totiers Ferry Fire | 1,036 | Feb 10, 2008 | 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.