White Oak Branch Fire
199125,537 acresWest Virginia
The White Oak Branch Fire burned 25,537 acres, about 40 square miles, across Boone County. It began on October 31, 1991.
Watch how it happenedWhite Oak Branch Fire · 1991
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 79% | 20,173 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 21% | 5,364 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Boone County | WV | 25,549 |
Other large fires in West Virginia in 1991
- Kayford Mountain Fire31,488 acres
- Jennings Creek Fire29,291 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.