Big Jarrell Creek Fire
The Big Jarrell Creek Fire burned 1,243 acres in Boone County, West Virginia, in 2009. It was discovered on November 9, 2009, and contained on November 10, 2009. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 1,243 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2009
- Contained
- November 10, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.989, -81.632.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,243 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2009, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 10, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Boone County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2009-WVDOF2009-30009
Other large fires in West Virginia in 20091
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Between Pad Fork - Little Huff Fire | 740 | Nov 7, 2009 | Human |
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.