FY2012-DADE-028 Fire
The FY2012-DADE-028 Fire burned 1,167 acres in Dade County, Georgia, in 2012. It was discovered on March 6, 2012, and contained on March 7, 2012. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,167 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2012
- Contained
- March 7, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.978, -85.588.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,167 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2012, 11:49 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 7, 2012, 4:48 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Georgia
- County
- Dade County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Georgia Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012GAGAS-FY2012-Dade-028
Nearby
Sources
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.