Neighbor Mtn Fire
The Neighbor Mtn Fire burned 2,138 acres in Virginia, in 2012. It was discovered on June 26, 2012, and contained on July 16, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,138 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2012
- Contained
- July 16, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,985 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.701, -78.365.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,138 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,985 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,114 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2012, 6:41 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Virginia
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Shenandoah National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- VASHP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-VASHP-001209
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3870107836520120626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-637840
- 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 20126
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Hole Fire | 15,454 | Apr 9, 2012 | Human |
| Alleghany Tunnels Fires Fire | 11,381 | Apr 7, 2012 | Human |
| Barbours Creek Fire | 7,351 | Apr 7, 2012 | Human |
| Shipwreck Fire | 3,717 | Apr 8, 2012 | Human |
| Point 2 Fire | 1,200 | Jun 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Porter Mills Fire | 879 | Apr 11, 2012 | 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.