Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 900 acres in Alabama, in 2006. It was discovered on March 5, 2006, and contained on March 9, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to April 5, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2006
- Contained
- March 9, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,402 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.450, -85.598.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,402 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2006, 11:45 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 5, 2006
- Contained
- March 9, 2006, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Alabama
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Little River Canyon National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Road 05-09 Wf, Forks Trail Wf, Straight Creek Wf
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3444708558020060405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-578387
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 |
| Delaney Fire | 1,031 | Mar 14, 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.