Compartment E42 and 43 Fire
The Compartment E42 and 43 Fire burned 1,367 acres in Dorchester County, Maryland, in 2011. It was discovered on February 11, 2011, and contained on February 11, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to January 4, 2011. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,367 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2011
- Contained
- February 11, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 991 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.368, -76.041.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,367 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 991 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2011, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 4, 2011
- Contained
- February 11, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Maryland
- County
- Dorchester County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Blackwater Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3839507609820110104
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011MD-DNR4089
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 Maryland in 20114
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Creek Fire | 2,910 | Feb 15, 2011 | |
| Island Pond Fire | 1,700 | Apr 11, 2011 | |
| Guinea Island Complex | 649 | Feb 16, 2011 | Human |
| Thorofare Fire | 590 | Feb 14, 2011 | 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.