Honeyscrub Fire
The Honeyscrub Fire burned 4,867 acres in Georgia, in 1998. It was discovered on July 9, 1998, and contained on July 19, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,867 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1998
- Contained
- July 19, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,746 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.767, -82.230.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,867 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,746 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1998, 6:43 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 19, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Georgia
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3075208230819980709
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998GAOKR4856
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 Georgia in 19988
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 16,100 | Jun 15, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,477 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,849 | Mar 23, 1998 | |
| Comp 3 Fire | 1,765 | Feb 21, 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. 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.