Billys Island Fire
The Billys Island Fire burned 3,295 acres in Georgia, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to February 7, 1990.
- Size
- 3,295 acres
- Ignition
- February 7, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,295 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.801, -82.342.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,295 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 7, 1990
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3080108234219900207
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No post scenes for initial assessment. Hard to delineate burn scar boundary.
Other large fires in Georgia in 19906
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts Fire | 21,402 | Sep 1, 1990 | |
| Mothers Day Fire | 3,758 | May 13, 1990 | |
| Mitchell I Fire | 3,648 | Jul 9, 1990 | |
| C 15 Bu 1 4 Fire | 1,684 | Feb 7, 1990 | |
| Comp 1 2 Fire | 1,501 | Feb 26, 1990 | |
| Comp 21 Fire | 1,160 | Mar 7, 1990 |
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.