Rough Ridge Fire
The Rough Ridge Fire was reported on October 16, 2016 in Fannin County, Georgia and burned 27,870 acres. It was declared out on December 6, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 27,870 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 72
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.897, -84.564.
The incident
- Size
- 27,870 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 16, 2016 at 3:15 PM EDT
- Declared out
- December 6, 2016 at 6:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- FROM LIGHTNING
- County
- Fannin County
- State
- Georgia
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 72
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,080,520
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-GACHF-160052
- IRWIN identifier
- 6F7A3B8E-0551-4B6E-8FDB-BD9FE76FE873
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Eton, GA covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 23, 2017 at 1:05 PM EST. Identifier 2016-GACHF-160052.