Mud Creek Fire
The Mud Creek Fire burned 2,950 acres in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2011. It was discovered on June 4, 2011, and contained on June 10, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,950 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2011
- Contained
- June 10, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,221 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.418, -87.090.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,950 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,221 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2011, 2:08 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 10, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Jefferson County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3339808709920110604
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011AFSNER-20110604-003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ford Fire | 1,014 | Feb 20, 2011 | Human |
| Borden Springs Fire | 625 | Feb 22, 2011 | Human |
| Green Tower Fire | 479 | Feb 21, 2011 | 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.