Stevenson Fire
The Stevenson Fire burned 1,010 acres in Jackson County, Alabama, in 2007. It was discovered on March 24, 2007, and contained on March 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,010 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2007
- Contained
- March 25, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 954 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.881, -85.885.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,010 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 954 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2007, 7:16 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 25, 2007, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Jackson County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3488708589120070324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ALS-HSV-20070324-001
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 20073
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecost Fire | 3,000 | Mar 12, 2007 | Human |
| Bayou Lb Fire | 1,209 | Mar 25, 2007 | Human |
| Wildcat Branch Wfire Fire | 569 | Mar 5, 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.