Valley Fire
The Valley Fire burned 2,564 acres in Virginia, in 2011. It was discovered on February 19, 2011, and contained on March 7, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to February 22, 2011. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,564 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011
- Contained
- March 7, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,514 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.502, -79.035.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,564 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,514 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,582 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2011, 2:48 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 22, 2011
- Contained
- March 7, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Virginia
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- VAVAF
- Part of
- Valley Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3852107903820110222
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1493351
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| Smith Run Fire | 1,989 | 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.