Marnie Fire
The Marnie Fire burned 610 acres in Boone County, West Virginia, in 2010. It was discovered on April 1, 2010, and contained on April 3, 2010. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 610 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2010
- Contained
- April 3, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,468 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.956, -81.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 610 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,468 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2010, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 2010, 11:00 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
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3794008162020100401
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-WVDOF2010-30376
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 West Virginia in 20105
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shortpole Fire | 1,538 | Oct 24, 2010 | Human |
| Abbott Creek Fire | 1,244 | Oct 31, 2010 | Human |
| Lenore Fire | 1,071 | Apr 3, 2010 | Human |
| James Creek Fire | 1,054 | Oct 23, 2010 | Human |
| Thacker Fire | 500 | Apr 3, 2010 | 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.