Georgia Large Wildfire History
Since 1981, 9 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Georgia, 1 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 152,528 ac; together they cover about 166,397 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Georgia
West Mims · 2017152,528 acGaokr-Fy19-Rx-Blackjack Island · 20193,368 acSouth Cut · 20082,582 acGaokr-Fy19-Rx-Strange Island · 20192,000 acSouth Cut · 19811,664 acGapdr-Fy19-Rx-6C/7S/8A/8B · 20191,173 acBarrow'S Fire · 20161,034 acGaokr-Fy19-Rx-Mitchell Island · 20191,027 acThe Nicki Fire · 20141,022 ac
All mapped large fires
Gaokr-Fy19-Rx-Blackjack Island3,368 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 10, 2020
Gaokr-Fy19-Rx-Strange Island2,000 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 10, 2020
Gapdr-Fy19-Rx-6C/7S/8A/8B1,173 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 11, 2020
Gaokr-Fy19-Rx-Mitchell Island1,027 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 31, 2020
West Mims152,528 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 16, 2017
Barrow'S Fire1,034 ac
2016 · perimeter dated March 28, 2016
The Nicki Fire1,022 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 25, 2014
South Cut2,582 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
South Cut1,664 ac
1981 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.