Mitchum Fire
The Mitchum Fire burned 1,200 acres in Clarendon County, South Carolina, in 2012. It was discovered on February 3, 2012, and contained on February 3, 2012. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- February 3, 2012
- Contained
- February 3, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.600, -80.097.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- February 3, 2012, 2:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 3, 2012, 5:36 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Clarendon County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012SCSCS12FF0671
Nearby
Sources
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.