Mills Bay Fire
The Mills Bay Fire burned 1,701 acres in South Carolina, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to March 24, 1991.
- Size
- 1,701 acres
- Ignition
- March 24, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,701 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.189, -79.823.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,701 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 24, 1991
- State
- South Carolina
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3318907982319910324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in South Carolina in 19916
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,968 | Mar 24, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,098 | Feb 27, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,454 | Feb 11, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,215 | Mar 15, 1991 | |
| RX Burn Fire | 1,154 | Feb 12, 1991 | |
| RX Burn Fire | 1,107 | Feb 11, 1991 |
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.