Massey Fire
The Massey Fire burned 1,000 acres in Saline County, Illinois, in 2009. It was discovered on March 5, 2009, and contained on March 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2009
- Contained
- March 5, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.876, -88.531.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2009, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 5, 2009, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Saline County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Illinois Division of Forestry Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2009-ILDNR831349
Nearby
Sources
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.