Savanna Lake Complex
The Savanna Lake Complex burned 370 acres in Maryland, in 2005. It was discovered on March 13, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to March 3, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 370 acres
- Discovered
- March 13, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,009 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.429, -76.234.
The record
- Reported final size
- 370 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,009 acres
- Discovered
- March 13, 2005, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 3, 2005
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Maryland
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- Savanna Lake Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3837907589320050303
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005MDBWRBT23
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Creek Fire | 1,800 | Jan 17, 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.