Bay Fire
The Bay Fire burned 4,394 acres in Mobile County, Alabama, in 2005. It was discovered on September 16, 2005, and contained on September 22, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,394 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 2005
- Contained
- September 22, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,913 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.409, -88.286.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,394 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,913 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 2005, 3:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 2005, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Mobile County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3041008830120050916
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ALS-BAY-20050916-002
- Note on the perimeter
- Upland Evergreen and Wet Mixed
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 Alabama in 20058
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,098 | Apr 11, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,265 | Jan 25, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,197 | Mar 4, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,184 | Jan 19, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,148 | Feb 6, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,109 | Mar 8, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,033 | Jan 20, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 738 | Feb 19, 2005 | Human |
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.