Blackjack Is Prescribed Fire
The Blackjack Is Prescribed Fire burned 2,494 acres in Georgia, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to April 29, 2005.
- Size
- 2,494 acres
- Ignition
- April 29, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,494 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.654, -82.308.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,494 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 29, 2005
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3065408230820050429
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Georgia in 200511
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,427 | Apr 19, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,213 | Feb 10, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,989 | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,201 | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,998 | Mar 10, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,949 | Mar 10, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,478 | Mar 26, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,295 | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,256 | Apr 3, 2005 | |
| 17 N 17 S Fire | 1,009 | Jan 25, 2005 |
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.