Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 738 acres in Washington County, Alabama, in 2005. It was discovered on February 19, 2005, and contained on February 19, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 738 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2005
- Contained
- February 19, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,780 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.312, -88.270.
The record
- Reported final size
- 738 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,780 acres
- Discovered
- February 19, 2005, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 19, 2005, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Washington County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3129908825620050219
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ALS-BAY-20050219-001
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Fire | 4,394 | Sep 16, 2005 | Human |
| 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 |
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.