Thacker Fire
The Thacker Fire burned 500 acres in Mingo County, West Virginia, in 2010. It was discovered on April 3, 2010, and contained on April 4, 2010. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 500 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2010
- Contained
- April 4, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,424 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.612, -82.103.
The record
- Reported final size
- 500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,424 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2010, 3:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 4, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- West Virginia
- County
- Mingo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WV3761308210120100403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-WVDOF2010-30435
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 |
| Marnie Fire | 610 | Apr 1, 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.