Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,065 acres in Lowndes County, Georgia, in 2000. It was discovered on March 2, 2000, and contained on March 2, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,065 acres
- Discovered
- March 2, 2000
- Contained
- March 2, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,966 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.779, -83.339.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,065 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,966 acres
- Discovered
- March 2, 2000, 2:08 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 2, 2000, 2:08 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Lowndes County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3077408333820000302
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000GAGAS-FY2000-Lowndes-142
- Note on the perimeter
- Area mostly burn in upland pine. Much of the unburned area is in wetland.
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 | 1,895 | Mar 5, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,182 | Feb 26, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 997 | Jul 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 917 | Jul 17, 2000 | Human |
| 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.