Island Creek Fire
The Island Creek Fire burned 1,800 acres in Maryland, in 2005. It was discovered on January 17, 2005, and contained on January 17, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- January 17, 2005
- Contained
- January 17, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,729 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.350, -75.958.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,729 acres
- Discovered
- January 17, 2005, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 17, 2005, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Maryland
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3836907596020050117
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005MDBWRBJ4G
- Note on the perimeter
- Emergent Herbaceous Wetland
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 Maryland in 20051
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savanna Lake Complex | 370 | Mar 13, 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.