Wildfires of 2002

Blackcreek Fire

2002MississippiWildfire

The Blackcreek Fire burned 1,000 acres in Mississippi, in 2002. It was discovered on May 21, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
May 21, 2002
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 30.634, -88.526.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
May 21, 2002, 11:58 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Mississippi
Reporting unit
Mississippi Forestry Commission
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
STATE_MS_96837

Other large fires in Mississippi in 20022

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire3,586Feb 20, 2002
Unnamed Fire1,574Feb 20, 2002

Every fire of 2002 Mississippi fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.