Bombay Island Fire
The Bombay Island Fire burned 1,018 acres in Delaware, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to March 2, 1988.
- Size
- 1,018 acres
- Ignition
- March 2, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,018 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.258, -75.421.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,018 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 2, 1988
- State
- Delaware
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- DE3926707542119880302
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Delaware in 19881
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slau Bch 2 Fire | 1,576 | Mar 22, 1988 |
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.