Big Turnaround Complex
The Big Turnaround Complex burned 191,474 acres in Georgia, in 2007. It was discovered on April 16, 2007, and contained on October 10, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to April 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 191,474 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2007
- Contained
- October 10, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 328,707 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.803, -82.272.
The record
- Reported final size
- 191,474 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 328,707 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2007, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 25, 2007
- Contained
- October 10, 2007, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Georgia
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- Big Turnaround Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Florida Bugaboo, Ga-14 (North Fargo)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3067208246020070425
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2007GAOKRDCL7
- Note on the perimeter
- Wetlands
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 Georgia in 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweat Farm Road Fire | 68,361 | Apr 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,956 | May 21, 2007 | |
| Roundabout Swamp Fire | 5,780 | Apr 27, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,771 | Mar 20, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,756 | Mar 25, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,661 | Mar 24, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,577 | Mar 18, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,071 | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| Big Turnaround Complex (Floyds Island Prairie) Fire | 1,954 | May 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Kneeknocker Swamp Fire | 1,778 | Apr 16, 2007 | Human |
| Dreggers Fire | 1,743 | Apr 12, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,661 | Mar 25, 2007 |
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.