Cravens Hammock Fire
2011142,630 acresFlorida and Georgia
The Cravens Hammock Fire burned 142,630 acres, about 223 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on July 1, 2011.
Watch how it happenedCravens Hammock Fire · 2011
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 37% | 52,503 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 23% | 32,490 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 32% | 46,334 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 7.9% | 11,303 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 37% burned at moderate severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Charlton County | GA | 78,043 |
| Ware County | GA | 32,800 |
| Clinch County | GA | 31,743 |
| Baker County | FL | 102 |
Other large fires in Florida and Georgia in 2011
- Prairie Fire67,902 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.