Delaney Fire
The Delaney Fire burned 1,031 acres in Mobile County, Alabama, in 2006. It was discovered on March 14, 2006, and contained on March 17, 2006. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- March 14, 2006
- Contained
- March 17, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,308 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.669, -88.387.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,031 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,308 acres
- Discovered
- March 14, 2006, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 17, 2006, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Mobile County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3065208838220060314
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ALS-BAY-20060314-002
- Note on the perimeter
- Upland Evergreen
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 20069
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,528 | Apr 4, 2006 | |
| Lillian Swamp Fire | 1,846 | Mar 3, 2006 | Human |
| RD07-09 Fire | 1,449 | Dec 6, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,439 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,335 | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,284 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,120 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,052 | Mar 7, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 900 | Mar 5, 2006 | 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.