Point 2 Fire
The Point 2 Fire burned 1,200 acres in Warren County, Virginia, in 2012. It was discovered on June 25, 2012, and contained on July 27, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012
- Contained
- July 27, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,127 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.880, -78.334.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,127 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Warren County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- George Washington & Jefferson National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- VAVAF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3888007833420120625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1503835
- 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 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 |
| Neighbor Mtn Fire | 2,138 | Jun 26, 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.