Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 917 acres in Bryan County, Georgia, in 2000. It was discovered on July 17, 2000, and contained on July 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 917 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2000
- Contained
- July 17, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,007 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.115, -81.469.
The record
- Reported final size
- 917 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,007 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Bryan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3211408146820000717
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000GAGAS-FY2001-Bryan North-007
- Note on the perimeter
- 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 200010
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA-2 Fire | 7,800 | Mar 2, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,050 | Apr 21, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,061 | Mar 28, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,442 | Mar 4, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Mar 4, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,065 | Mar 2, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,895 | Mar 5, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,182 | Feb 26, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 997 | Jul 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 586 | Mar 11, 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.