Wildfires of 2008

Thraser Hill Fire

2008Amherst County, VirginiaWildfire

The Thraser Hill Fire burned 1,300 acres in Amherst County, Virginia, in 2008. It was discovered on February 10, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,300 acres
Discovered
February 10, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.769, -79.157.

The record

Reported final size
1,300 acres
Discovered
February 10, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Virginia
County
Amherst County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Virginia Department of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2008_VA-VAS-0803188

Other large fires in Virginia in 20089

FireAcresStartCause
South 1 Fire4,884Jun 9, 2008Human
St Marys Fire4,505Mar 25, 2008Human
Angel Fire3,990Feb 10, 2008Human
Old Stage Road Fire2,850Feb 10, 2008Human
Little Cuba Fire2,738Feb 10, 2008Human
Blackhorse Fire1,550Feb 8, 2008Human
Pocahontas Road Fire1,250Feb 10, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire1,200Apr 18, 2008Human
Totiers Ferry Fire1,036Feb 10, 2008Human

Every fire of 2008 Virginia fire history

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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.