Machine Gun Fire
The Machine Gun Fire burned 5,602 acres in Mississippi, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to December 4, 1987.
- Size
- 5,602 acres
- Ignition
- December 4, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,602 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.108, -89.128.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,602 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 4, 1987
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3110708912019871204
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19876
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 November Fire | 3,299 | Feb 13, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,439 | Feb 19, 1987 | |
| 0 4 Fire | 1,241 | Dec 11, 1987 | |
| O 9 Fire | 1,095 | Dec 11, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,017 | Nov 7, 1987 | |
| Browns Fire | 702 | Nov 7, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.