Unnamed Prescribed Fire
The Unnamed Prescribed Fire burned 4,214 acres in Virginia, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to April 8, 2012.
- Size
- 4,214 acres
- Ignition
- April 8, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,214 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.958, -79.815.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,214 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 8, 2012
- State
- Virginia
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- VA3795807981520120408
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Virginia in 20127
| 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 |
| Point 2 Fire | 1,200 | Jun 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Porter Mills Fire | 879 | Apr 11, 2012 | 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. 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.