St.george Fire
The St.george Fire burned 1,200 acres in Georgia, in 2007. It was discovered on February 28, 2007, and contained on March 1, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2007
- Contained
- March 1, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,121 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.537, -82.072.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,121 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 1, 2007, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Georgia
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3052908206820070228
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2007GAOKRC9UP
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Turnaround Complex | 191,474 | Apr 16, 2007 | Human |
| 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 |
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.