Mattassee Lake 1 Fire
The Mattassee Lake 1 Fire burned 573 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 2008. It was discovered on February 9, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 573 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,264 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.421, -79.881.
The record
- Reported final size
- 573 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,264 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Berkeley County
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3342307988020080209
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2008SCFCSC0347-8WF0488
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 South Carolina in 20084
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,797 | Mar 25, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,436 | Apr 14, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,391 | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,093 | Mar 13, 2008 |
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.