Louisiana, 2010

Wildfire in Louisiana, September 19, 2010

September 19, 2010 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Drought conditions resulted in a wildfire that spread across Webster and Bossier Parishes in Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon of September 19th. The fire destroyed 258 acres of timberland and resulted in one injury to a firefighter.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$6,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.

Drought conditions resulted in a wildfire that spread across Webster and Bossier Parishes in Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon of September 19th. The fire destroyed 258 acres of timberland and resulted in one injury to a firefighter.

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1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Webster

When
September 19, 11:10 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Webster forecast zone
Property damage
$6,000
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
32.714, -93.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner said a Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) District One wildland firefighter received minor injuries combating a 258-acre wildland fire in Webster and Bossier parishes on Sunday, September 19th.|The employee was treated at a local hospital emergency room for minor burns. The fire is suspected to have been caused by an outdoor trash fire in Webster Parish that spread out of control, LDAF forestry investigators said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The fire eventually consumed 258-acres of a ten-year-old pine plantation. 13 LDAF personnel operating one fire-detecting aircraft and four tractor-plow units responded to the emergency call about 12:10 p.m. LDAF crews contained the fire nine hours later. No homes or structures were damaged by the fire, but the burn line came within 850 feet of a mobile home park near Doyline. LDAF Forest Protection Branch officials estimated the fire cost more than $6,000 to contain.

What these are

Wildfire
A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 253132.