West Mims Fire
2017166,678 acresFlorida and Georgia
The West Mims Fire burned 166,678 acres, about 260 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on April 6, 2017.
Watch how it happenedWest Mims Fire · 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 88% | 147,507 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.4% | 15,622 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 2.1% | 3,532 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
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.
| Ware County | GA | 87,005 |
| Charlton County | GA | 50,884 |
| Clinch County | GA | 19,634 |
| Baker County | FL | 9,214 |
Other large fires in Florida and Georgia in 2017
- Parliament Fire26,946 acres
- Three Mile Fire26,664 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.