Wildfires of 2008

Greer Rd Fire

2008Litchfield County, ConnecticutWildfire

The Greer Rd Fire burned 1,300 acres in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 2008. It was discovered on April 20, 2008, and contained on April 21, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,300 acres
Discovered
April 20, 2008
Contained
April 21, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.775, -73.086.

The record

Reported final size
1,300 acres
Discovered
April 20, 2008, 3:00 p.m. local time
Contained
April 21, 2008, 1:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Connecticut
County
Litchfield County
Reporting unit
Connecticut Division of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2008_CT-CTS-000001

Nearby

Sources

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.