Comp 3 Fire
The Comp 3 Fire burned 1,765 acres in Georgia, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to February 21, 1998.
- Size
- 1,765 acres
- Ignition
- February 21, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,765 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.137, -83.754.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,765 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 21, 1998
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3313708375519980221
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Georgia in 19988
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 16,100 | Jun 15, 1998 | Human |
| Honeyscrub Fire | 4,867 | Jul 9, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,477 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,849 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Comp 15 A Fire | 1,520 | Feb 26, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,335 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,080 | Jul 22, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,009 | Jun 29, 1998 |
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.