Rowells Island Fire
The Rowells Island Fire burned 1,228 acres in Georgia, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to February 3, 1989.
- Size
- 1,228 acres
- Ignition
- February 3, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,228 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.832, -82.519.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,228 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 3, 1989
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3082608251619890203
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre-image for dNBR assessment. Fire scar visually appears better in this image (over 90 days) than other images acquired within 90 days of fire date.
Other large fires in Georgia in 198911
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Buck Fire | 4,732 | Feb 16, 1989 | |
| 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 | |
| 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.