St Marys Fire
The St Marys Fire burned 4,505 acres in Augusta County, Virginia, in 2008. It was discovered on March 25, 2008, and contained on March 28, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,505 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2008
- Contained
- March 28, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,373 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.933, -78.168.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,505 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,373 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,566 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2008, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Augusta 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-000004
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3790807914620080325
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1459524
- 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 20089
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| South 1 Fire | 4,884 | Jun 9, 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 |
| 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
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.