Honey Buck Fire
The Honey Buck Fire burned 4,732 acres in Georgia, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to February 16, 1989.
- Size
- 4,732 acres
- Ignition
- February 16, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,732 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.762, -82.388.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,732 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 16, 1989
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3075608243119890216
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Forest woody wetland and grass
Other large fires in Georgia in 198911
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Jack Island Fire | 3,760 | Feb 9, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,881 | Jun 5, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,814 | Mar 16, 1989 | |
| Mitchell Island Fire | 1,573 | Feb 9, 1989 | |
| Minnies Island Fire | 1,423 | Feb 2, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,372 | Mar 16, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,291 | Jun 4, 1989 | |
| Rowells Island Fire | 1,228 | Feb 3, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,139 | Feb 12, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,056 | Mar 16, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,049 | Jun 4, 1989 |
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.