Rifle Fire
The Rifle Fire burned 1,933 acres in South Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on March 23, 2011, and contained on March 25, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to March 24, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,933 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2011
- Contained
- March 25, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,697 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.051, -79.640.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,933 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,697 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,927 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2011, 5:45 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 24, 2011
- Contained
- March 25, 2011, 11:25 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- South Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Francis Marion & Sumter National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3305107964020110324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1493789
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- This fire was started by target shooting at Twin Ponds Rifle Range. Reported to SCCC by Awandaw FD
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 |
| Sandridge Road Fire | 1,247 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Hornet Fire | 1,155 | Jul 3, 2011 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.