Bugaboo Fire
The Bugaboo Fire burned 1,125 acres in Georgia, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to March 14, 1985.
- Size
- 1,125 acres
- Ignition
- March 14, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,125 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.775, -82.252.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,125 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 14, 1985
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3077608224219850314
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Woody wetland
Other large fires in Georgia in 19853
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,332 | Apr 2, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,305 | Jan 16, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,229 | Feb 17, 1985 |
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.