Billys Island Fire
The Billys Island Fire burned 3,023 acres in Georgia, in 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to February 17, 1993.
- Size
- 3,023 acres
- Ignition
- February 17, 1993
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,023 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.802, -82.343.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,023 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 17, 1993
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3080208234219930217
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Georgia in 19936
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnatcatche Fire | 5,711 | Jun 8, 1993 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,151 | Apr 10, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,313 | Mar 9, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,257 | Feb 23, 1993 | |
| Big Mountain Fire | 1,050 | Jul 8, 1993 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,044 | Mar 9, 1993 |
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.