From: Fire history and dendroecology of Catoctin Mountain, Maryland, USA, with newspaper corroboration
Date reported | Fire scar seasonality by tree-rings | Reporting newspaper name | Days since wetting rain | Cause of fire |
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16 Apr 1845 | Dormant | Catoctin Whig | 10 | None given |
13 May 1857 | Undetermined | Hagerstown Herald | 9 | None given |
11 May 1872 | Dormant | The Catoctin Clarion | 10 | Charcoal pits and incendiary |
12 May 1879 | Dormant | Hagerstown Herald | 14 | None given |
20 May 1885 | Dormant | The Washington Post | 24 | None given |
8 May 1888 | Dormant | The Washington Post, The Catoctin Clarion | 7 | Incendiary |
12 May 1891 | Dormant | The Baltimore Sun | 9 | None given |
11 May 1899 | Dormant | The Catoctin Clarion | 5 | Incendiary or locomotive spark |
15 Nov 1901 | Dormant | The Washington Post | 30 | None given |
15 Dec 1913 | Dormant | The Frederick Post | 8 | None given |
17 Nov 1917 | Dormant | The Frederick Post | 18 | None given |
23 Apr 1923 | Dormant | The Baltimore Sun, The Frederick Post | 9 | Incendiary |
9 Sep 1930 | Dormant | The Frederick Post | 13 | Incendiary |
20 Apr 1936 | Early earlywood and dormant | The Frederick Post | 8 | Huckleberry pickers |
13 Nov 1939 | Dormant | The Morning Herald1 | 6 | Incendiary |
17 Apr 1942 | Dormant | The News2 | 6 | None given |