Highway 31 Fire
The Highway 31 Fire burned 19,130 acres in Horry County, South Carolina, in 2009. It was discovered on April 22, 2009, and contained on April 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 19,130 acres
- Discovered
- April 22, 2009
- Contained
- April 28, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,004 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.822, -78.921.
The record
- Reported final size
- 19,130 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,004 acres
- Discovered
- April 22, 2009, 12:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 28, 2009, 9:15 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Horry County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3380907885020090422
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2009-SCSCS09FF0894
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 20091
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bay Fire | 1,089 | Apr 21, 2009 | Human |
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.