Baldy Fire
The Baldy Fire burned 2,442 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 2001. It was discovered on May 23, 2001, and contained on June 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,442 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2001
- Contained
- June 1, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,406 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.117, -89.100.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,442 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,406 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2001, 10:17 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 1, 2001, 5:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Race Track Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3112108908920010523
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-370945
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 20014
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Lake Fire | 1,826 | Feb 7, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,560 | Jan 23, 2001 | |
| Cpt O 02 Fire | 1,426 | Nov 9, 2001 | |
| Cpt G 06 Fire | 1,094 | Jun 18, 2001 |
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.