RD07-09 Fire
The RD07-09 Fire burned 1,449 acres in Alabama, in 2006. It was discovered on December 6, 2006, and contained on December 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,449 acres
- Discovered
- December 6, 2006
- Contained
- December 9, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,394 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.437, -85.583.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,449 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,394 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,468 acres
- Discovered
- December 6, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 9, 2006, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Alabama
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Little River Canyon National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- ALLRP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-ALLRP-000410
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3443708560220061206
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-538316
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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 |
| Delaney Fire | 1,031 | Mar 14, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 900 | Mar 5, 2006 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.