South Cut Fire
The South Cut Fire burned 2,551 acres in Camden County, Georgia, in 2008. It was discovered on June 22, 2008, and contained on July 17, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to June 26, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,551 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2008
- Contained
- July 17, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,379 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.892, -81.422.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,551 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,379 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,582 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 26, 2008
- Contained
- July 17, 2008, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Camden County
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- GACIP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-GACIP-000804
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3090608143220080626
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_GA-CIP-080004
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 200810
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,924 | Mar 26, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,692 | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| 10 A Fire | 1,667 | Feb 20, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,529 | Mar 10, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,387 | Mar 27, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,318 | Dec 22, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,207 | Mar 12, 2008 | |
| 13 E Fire | 1,081 | Mar 17, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,071 | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,037 | Mar 27, 2008 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.