Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,540 acres in Shelby County, Alabama, in 1996. It was discovered on April 17, 1996. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,540 acres
- Discovered
- April 17, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.495, -86.508.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,540 acres
- Discovered
- April 17, 1996, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Shelby County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- AL-SB-1996-108-002
Other large fires in Alabama in 19966
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,479 | Feb 5, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 21, 1996 | Human |
| Fm 96 6 Fire | 1,078 | Nov 16, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,049 | Mar 8, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Feb 14, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 520 | Feb 26, 1996 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.