Mitchell Island Fire
The Mitchell Island Fire burned 1,722 acres in Georgia, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to May 9, 1996.
- Size
- 1,722 acres
- Ignition
- May 9, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,722 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.632, -82.244.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,722 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 9, 1996
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3063208224419960509
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Georgia in 19963
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,929 | Apr 2, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,908 | Feb 11, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,261 | Apr 2, 1996 |
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.