Fm 96 6 Fire
The Fm 96 6 Fire burned 1,078 acres in Alabama, in 1996. It was discovered on November 16, 1996, and contained on November 16, 1996.
- Size
- 1,078 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 1996
- Contained
- November 16, 1996
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,031 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.700, -85.800.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,078 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 1996, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 16, 1996, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Alabama
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3372608574819961116
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996ALWLR4744
- Note on the perimeter
- 23 std.
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Alabama in 19966
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,540 | Apr 17, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,479 | Feb 5, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 21, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,049 | Mar 8, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Feb 14, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 520 | Feb 26, 1996 | Human |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.