The first three weeks of October brought mostly dry weather conditions to north Georgia preceded by an unusually hot and dry September. As a result, conditions were favorable for wildfires.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
The first three weeks of October brought mostly dry weather conditions to north Georgia preceded by an unusually hot and dry September. As a result, conditions were favorable for wildfires. Three human-caused wildfires were observed in October between the 16th and 22nd. The first fire took four days to contain.
The three wildfires were:|(a). Mill Creek in Walker county from 10/16/10:2200 LT to 10/20/10:2000 LT burning 36.5 acres.|(b). Rock Wall in Lumpkin county from 10/21/10:1830 LT to 10/21/10:2100 LT burning 1/4 acre.|(c). Hall Road in Murray county from 10/22/10:1530 LT to 10/22/10:1530 LT burning 82.75 acres.
Estimated damages from these fires were in excess of $10,000.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
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2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia Forestry commission reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Mill Creek burned 36.5 acres and took four days to contain.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Rockwall burned 1/4 acre causing an esimated $2,500 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, October 2010
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 270835, 270836.