Bay Creek Fire
The Bay Creek Fire burned 11,913 acres in Georgia, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to May 2, 2002.
- Size
- 11,913 acres
- Ignition
- May 2, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,913 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.840, -82.453.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,913 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 2, 2002
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3084008245320020502
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands.
Other large fires in Georgia in 20027
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackjack Bay Complex | 124,110 | May 3, 2002 | Natural |
| NO.1WILD Fire | 5,816 | Mar 21, 2002 | Human |
| Comp 24 Fire | 1,697 | Mar 6, 2002 | |
| Comp 16 E Fire | 1,646 | Jan 30, 2002 | |
| Comp 22 23 Fire | 1,438 | Feb 23, 2002 | |
| 2 A 2 B 6 N Fire | 1,246 | Jan 9, 2002 | |
| Comp 3 Fire | 1,178 | Feb 12, 2002 |
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. 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.