Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 16,100 acres in Charlton County, Georgia, in 1998. It was discovered on June 15, 1998, and contained on June 21, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 16,100 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1998
- Contained
- June 21, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,586 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.401, -82.180.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,586 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1998, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 1998, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Charlton County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3045608211819980615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-GA-CHA-49-6/15/1998-1425
- Note on the perimeter
- Grassland and EF
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeyscrub Fire | 4,867 | Jul 9, 1998 | Natural |
| 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.