Blackjack Bay Complex
The Blackjack Bay Complex burned 124,110 acres in Georgia, in 2002. It was discovered on May 3, 2002, and contained on March 11, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 124,110 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 2002
- Contained
- March 11, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 107,047 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.669, -82.294.
The record
- Reported final size
- 124,110 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 107,047 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Georgia
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- Blackjack Bay Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3068508231820020503
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002GAOKR4722
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 20027
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Creek Fire | 11,913 | May 2, 2002 | |
| 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. 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.