Windy Fire
The Windy Fire burned 2,466 acres in Charleston County, South Carolina, in 2011. It was discovered on March 23, 2011, and contained on March 24, 2011. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,466 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2011
- Contained
- March 24, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,592 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.167, -79.433.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,466 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,592 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2011, 2:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 24, 2011, 6:58 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Charleston County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3317807943320110323
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011SCSCS11WF0925
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle Fire | 1,933 | Mar 23, 2011 | Human |
| Sandridge Road Fire | 1,247 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Hornet Fire | 1,155 | Jul 3, 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.