Smith Run Fire
The Smith Run Fire burned 1,989 acres in Virginia, in 2011. It was discovered on February 19, 2011, and contained on February 28, 2011. The cause was recorded as other causes.
- Size
- 1,989 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011
- Contained
- February 28, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,911 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.807, -78.194.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,989 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,911 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,711 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011, 9:51 a.m. local time
- Contained
- February 28, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Other causes
- State
- Virginia
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Shenandoah National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- VASHP
- Part of
- Valley Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-VASHP-001101
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3880807819420110219
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-618006
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 Virginia in 20113
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lateral West Fire | 6,574 | Aug 4, 2011 | Natural |
| Valley Fire | 2,564 | Feb 19, 2011 | Human |
| Coffman/Chestnut Ridge Fire | 914 | Feb 19, 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.