Sam Road Fire
The Sam Road Fire burned 1,162 acres in Mississippi, in 2000. It was discovered on February 6, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,162 acres
- Discovered
- February 6, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,063 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.406, -88.433.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,162 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,063 acres
- Discovered
- February 6, 2000, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Mississippi
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3040408842420000206
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000MSGBR4963
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 Mississippi in 20006
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cow Pen Fire | 1,620 | Mar 24, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Sep 4, 2000 | Human |
| Snake Eyes Fire | 1,005 | Aug 28, 2000 | Human |
| Wolfe Fire | 1,000 | Oct 23, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 801 | Aug 20, 2000 | Human |
| White Lightening Fire | 525 | Feb 15, 2000 | 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.