Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,477 acres in Ware County, Georgia, in 2001. It was discovered on May 19, 2001, and contained on May 21, 2001. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 1,477 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2001
- Contained
- May 21, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,611 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.430, -82.297.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,477 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,611 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2001, 12:39 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2001, 12:39 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Ware County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Beach Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3143608247820010519
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2001GAGAS-FY2001-Ware-137
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands 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 20019
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cravens Is Fire | 6,960 | May 19, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,503 | Apr 16, 2001 | |
| Blout Pasture Fire | 3,500 | May 19, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,482 | May 11, 2001 | Natural |
| Blackjack Fire | 3,011 | Jun 8, 2001 | Natural |
| Arabia Bay Fire | 2,800 | May 19, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,681 | May 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,355 | Mar 23, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,035 | Apr 16, 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.