Ford Fire
The Ford Fire burned 1,014 acres in Alabama, in 2011. It was discovered on February 20, 2011, and contained on March 4, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,014 acres
- Discovered
- February 20, 2011
- Contained
- March 4, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 985 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.395, -87.522.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,014 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 985 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,019 acres
- Discovered
- February 20, 2011, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 4, 2011, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Alabama
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Alabama
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3439508752220110220
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1502622
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 Alabama in 20116
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Creek Fire | 2,950 | Jun 4, 2011 | Human |
| Mt Weisner 2011 Fire | 2,332 | Feb 22, 2011 | Human |
| Seminole Fire | 1,600 | Jun 5, 2011 | Natural |
| Co Rd 184, Al Fire | 1,163 | Nov 12, 2011 | Human |
| Borden Springs Fire | 625 | Feb 22, 2011 | Human |
| Green Tower Fire | 479 | Feb 21, 2011 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.