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GB 06S Prescribed Fire and 9 Mile Ditch Wildfire 2019

  • Incident Information:

    9 Mile Ditch Escaped Prescribed Fire Review_FINAL_20190710

  • Location:

    Mississippi

  • Date:

    05/22/2019

  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration

  • Description:

    On May 22, 2019, personnel within the Gulf Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex conducted a prescribed fire in the GB-06S unit of Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Grand Bay NWR is one of three refuges in the Gulf Coast NWR Complex. The prescribed fire unit is 57 acres of refuge land and 30 acres of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) for a total of 87 acres. The unit is primarily GS-4 High Load Humid Climate Grass-Shrub and GR-8 High Load Humid Climate Grass.

    The western flank of the GB-06S prescribed fire was converted to the 9-mile Ditch wildfire when the prescribed fire spotted onto private land adjacent to the SW corner of the unit and burned a total of 60 acres on one private land owner. The remainder of the prescribed fire was completed with no further issues.

    Prescribed Fire, Escaped Prescribed Fire

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