Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 997 acres in Jeff Davis County, Georgia, in 2000. It was discovered on July 23, 2000, and contained on July 23, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 997 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2000
- Contained
- July 23, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,023 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.704, -82.558.
The record
- Reported final size
- 997 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,023 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2000, 2:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 23, 2000, 2:24 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Jeff Davis County
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3173308255920000723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000GAGAS-FY2001-Jeff Davis-006
- Note on the perimeter
- Emergen Herbaceous Wetlands
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 | 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.