Arabia Bay Fire
The Arabia Bay Fire burned 2,710 acres in Clinch County, Georgia, in 2010. It was discovered on November 9, 2010, and contained on December 3, 2010. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,710 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2010
- Contained
- December 3, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,539 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.137, -82.895.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,710 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,539 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2010, 12:49 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 3, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Clinch County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3112808288920101109
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-GAGAS-FY2011-Clinch-017
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 20103
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,453 | Apr 2, 2010 | |
| Okr 1510 Fire | 1,340 | Mar 26, 2010 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,282 | Mar 1, 2010 |
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.