12 W 13 Prescribed Fire
The 12 W 13 Prescribed Fire burned 1,029 acres in Georgia, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to January 12, 2003.
- Size
- 1,029 acres
- Ignition
- January 12, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,029 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.135, -83.681.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,029 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 12, 2003
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3313508368120030112
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Haze/thin cloud in post fire image
Other large fires in Georgia in 20039
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Fire | 1,819 | Jan 26, 2003 | |
| C 8 2 3 4 Fire | 1,805 | Feb 14, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,663 | Jan 17, 2003 | |
| 4 B 4 C Fire | 1,445 | Feb 13, 2003 | |
| C 5 1 2 3 Fire | 1,422 | Dec 16, 2003 | |
| C 13 1 2 3 4 Fire | 1,295 | Jan 11, 2003 | |
| 15 B 15 C 14 C Fire | 1,138 | Mar 25, 2003 | |
| 7 8 2009 Fire | 1,083 | Dec 2, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,021 | Jan 17, 2003 |
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.