15B Prescribed Fire
The 15B Prescribed Fire burned 1,170 acres in Georgia, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to March 12, 2011.
- Size
- 1,170 acres
- Ignition
- March 12, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,170 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.103, -83.700.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,170 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 12, 2011
- State
- Georgia
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3310308370720110312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Large RdNBR offset and adjusted increased greeness threshold due to haze cover in pre-fire imagery
Other large fires in Georgia in 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Prairie Fire | 309,200 | Apr 29, 2011 | Natural |
| Sessom Community Fire | 22,246 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Sweat Farm Again Fire | 19,198 | Jun 15, 2011 | Human |
| Arabia Bay Fire | 12,485 | Mar 18, 2011 | Human |
| Racepond Fire | 7,948 | May 25, 2011 | |
| Elim Church Rd. Fire | 4,035 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Cravens Hammock Fire | 3,703 | Jun 15, 2011 | Natural |
| FY2011-CAMDEN-050 Fire | 2,500 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Crews Road Fire | 2,228 | Feb 28, 2011 | Human |
| GA-19 (Saw Fly Rd) Fire | 1,400 | Jun 14, 2011 | Human |
| Mosley Road Fire | 1,377 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Waverly Fire | 1,200 | Jun 14, 2011 |
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. 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.