Joe Bay Fire
The Joe Bay Fire burned 1,089 acres in South Carolina, in 2009. It was discovered on April 21, 2009, and contained on April 26, 2009. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2009
- Contained
- April 26, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,124 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.558, -79.136.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,089 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,124 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2009, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 26, 2009, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- South Carolina
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SC3355907912520090421
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2009SCWAREU71
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 South Carolina in 20091
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 31 Fire | 19,130 | Apr 22, 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.