Hornet Fire
The Hornet Fire burned 1,155 acres in Horry County, South Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on July 3, 2011, and contained on August 16, 2011. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 1,155 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2011
- Contained
- August 16, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 880 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.768, -78.917.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,155 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 880 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2011, 12:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 2011, 8:46 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Horry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3376907891720110703
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011SCSCS12FF0104
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 20113
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Fire | 2,466 | Mar 23, 2011 | Human |
| Rifle Fire | 1,933 | Mar 23, 2011 | Human |
| Sandridge Road Fire | 1,247 | Mar 24, 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.