Hickory Is Fire
The Hickory Is Fire burned 14,128 acres in Georgia, in 1999. It was discovered on April 11, 1999, and contained on August 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 14,128 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 1999
- Contained
- August 18, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,654 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.835, -82.385.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,128 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,654 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 1999, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 1999, 9:45 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- 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
- GA3088808235819990411
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1999GAOKR4393
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands. Use NBR.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Big Creek Fire | 1,010 | Nov 16, 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.