Sessom Community Fire
The Sessom Community Fire burned 22,246 acres in Bacon County, Georgia, in 2011. It was discovered on March 24, 2011, and contained on March 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 22,246 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2011
- Contained
- March 25, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 20,915 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.473, -82.577.
The record
- Reported final size
- 22,246 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 20,915 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2011, 3:29 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 25, 2011, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Bacon County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Southeast Ga Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- GA3142808246820110324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011GAGAS-FY2011-Bacon-081
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Prairie Fire | 309,200 | Apr 29, 2011 | Natural |
| 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 | |
| Ga Shrimp Fire | 963 | Mar 13, 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.