Wildfires of 2008

Unnamed Fire

2008Lee County, VirginiaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,200 acres in Lee County, Virginia, in 2008. It was discovered on April 18, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 36.630, -83.003.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2008
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Virginia
County
Lee County
Reporting unit
Virginia Department of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2008VADFVA0453-LEE003973

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
Thraser Hill Fire1,300Feb 10, 2008Human
Pocahontas Road Fire1,250Feb 10, 2008Human
Totiers Ferry Fire1,036Feb 10, 2008Human

Every fire of 2008 Virginia fire history

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.