- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Georgia wildfires of 2007 : summary of facts and costs for recovery
- Creator:
- Georgia. Forestry Commission
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Forestry Commission
- Publisher:
- Macon, Ga. : Georgia. Forestry Commission
- Date of Original:
- 2007-10
- Subject:
- Wildfires--Georgia
Wildfires - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Revised
- External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA F600 .M1 2007 W5
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bf600-b-pm1-b2007-bw5-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bf600-b-pm1-b2007-bw5-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia Wildfires of 2007 Summary of Facts and Costs for Recovery
Overview of The Fires of 2007 The Georgia Forestry Commission led the battle to control Georgia's largest wildfire in recorded history. The Georgia Bay Complex burned 441,705 acres in Georgia and destroyed 9 homes.
An additional 21,000 acres burned in the 21County Governor Declared Emergency area.
More than 3,300 people from 44 states worked to control the wildfires.
Over $8 million is needed to reforest nonindustrial private land; $2.2 million in cost-share assistance has been procured to date.
Funds are needed to rehabilitate over 352 miles of firebreaks surrounding the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
During fiscal year 2007, over 9,500 fires burned more than 504,000 acres. The largest ever recorded annual GFC expenditures for fire control efforts totaled over $62,000,000.
Now that The Fires have been controlled, we all have the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy by the way we manage Georgia's recovery.
The Bottom Line: Damage, Destruction & Cost of The South Georgia Fires of 2007
Jen Kolb
The GFC is working to refine assessments of damage and recovery beyond preliminary figures presented in this document.
7/20/2007
Fire Location
Georgia Bay Complex*
Ownership of Burned Land
Georgia only
Corporate Lands Non-Industrial Private Farms DOI Easements State Forests
Acres of Land Burned 441,705 70,529 19,129 6,344 19,187 115,189
Number of Landowners
11 123
134
Value of Lost Timber
Acres to Reforest
Estimated Cost To Reforest
$34,971,981 $ 9,485,162 $ 3,145,688 $ 6,605,600 $54,208,431
45,844 12,434 4,124 4,539 66,941
$18,337,540 $ 4,973,540 $ 1,649,440 $ 1,268,000 $26,228,520
21 County
Corporate Lands
9,256
23
Emergency
Declaration Area
Non-Industrial Private Farms
11,792
164
21,048
187
Totals of All Non-Industrial Private Farms
30,921
287
Totals of All Private Lands
117,050
321
*Georgia Bay Complex Total acres burned in both Georgia and Florida: 564,450
$ 4,589,611 $ 5,847,093 $ 10,436,704 $15,332,255
$58,039,535
6,016 7,665 13,681 20,099
76,083
$ 2,406,560 $ 3,065,920 $ 5,472,480 $ 8,039,460
$30,433,000