Big Creek Fire
The Big Creek Fire burned 1,010 acres in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in 1999. It was discovered on November 16, 1999, and contained on November 22, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,010 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 1999
- Contained
- November 22, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 892 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.800, -84.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,010 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 892 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 1999, 4:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 22, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Lumpkin County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Blood Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3475408429219991116
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-347818
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 199911
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Is Fire | 14,128 | Apr 11, 1999 | Human |
| Billys Island Fire | 3,106 | Feb 12, 1999 | |
| Comp 1312 Fire | 2,406 | Feb 16, 1999 | |
| Pigeon Roost Fire | 2,048 | Nov 13, 1999 | Human |
| Turkey Stamp Fire | 2,040 | Nov 13, 1999 | Human |
| C 15 Fire | 1,399 | Feb 20, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,302 | Jul 26, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,281 | Dec 4, 1999 | Human |
| Mitchell Fire | 1,166 | Jul 20, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,022 | Apr 12, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 828 | Mar 24, 1999 | Human |
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.