Smoke Chaser Fire
The Smoke Chaser Fire burned 867 acres in Calhoun County, Alabama, in 2012. It was discovered on January 31, 2012, and contained on February 7, 2012. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 867 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2012
- Contained
- February 7, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,422 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.773, -85.641.
The record
- Reported final size
- 867 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,422 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 871 acres
- Discovered
- January 31, 2012, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 7, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Calhoun County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Alabama
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3377308564120120131
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1502728
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 20121
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWR-20120530-001 Fire | 1,555 | May 30, 2012 | Natural |
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.