Ball Goal Fire
The Ball Goal Fire burned 2,174 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 2008. It was discovered on February 9, 2008, and contained on February 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,174 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 2008
- Contained
- February 17, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,288 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.118, -89.142.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,174 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,288 acres
- Discovered
- February 9, 2008, 2:19 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 17, 2008, 2:09 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3110908914020080209
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1458755
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 Mississippi in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 10,362 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,658 | May 19, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,095 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,060 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,562 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,281 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,209 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,537 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,326 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,997 | May 19, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,913 | Mar 16, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,766 | Mar 16, 2008 |
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.