Blackcreek Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,586 | Feb 20, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,574 | Feb 20, 2002 |
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.