Little Cuba Fire
The Little Cuba Fire burned 2,738 acres in Craig County, Virginia, in 2008. It was discovered on February 10, 2008, and contained on February 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,738 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 2008
- Contained
- February 17, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,014 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.432, -80.118.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,738 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,014 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 2008, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- February 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Craig County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3747508006620080210
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474687
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 |
| Blackhorse Fire | 1,550 | Feb 8, 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
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.