Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 828 acres in Georgia, in 1999. It was discovered on March 24, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 828 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,027 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.115, -81.570.
The record
- Reported final size
- 828 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,027 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 1999
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Georgia
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3213208157419990324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_GA_60226
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetland; Clearcut
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 |
| Big Creek Fire | 1,010 | Nov 16, 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.