Doctors Creek Fire
The Doctors Creek Fire burned 2,124 acres in Maryland, in 2009. It was discovered on January 25, 2009, and contained on January 26, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,124 acres
- Discovered
- January 25, 2009
- Contained
- January 26, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,683 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.373, -75.991.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,124 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,683 acres
- Discovered
- January 25, 2009, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 26, 2009, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Maryland
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MD3837807597020090125
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2009MDBWREQ9K
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 Maryland in 20092
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savanna Lake Complex | 1,238 | Feb 17, 2009 | Human |
| Beckers Island Fire | 709 | Jan 25, 2009 | 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.