U 1 Pf 87 09 Fire
The U 1 Pf 87 09 Fire burned 8,936 acres in Louisiana, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to December 29, 1987.
- Size
- 8,936 acres
- Ignition
- December 29, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,936 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.908, -93.491.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,936 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 29, 1987
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2994109347319871229
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- A pre-fire image used as a perimeter image to compare pre and post burn conditions.
Other large fires in Louisiana in 198710
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Fire | 7,090 | ||
| U 4 Pf 87 05 Fire | 2,989 | Oct 9, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,719 | Aug 19, 1987 | |
| Ec Pf 87 06 Fire | 1,694 | Oct 12, 1987 | |
| U1WF87.03 Fire | 1,581 | Jul 20, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,364 | Sep 4, 1987 | |
| U 5 Pf 98 03 Fire | 1,331 | Sep 22, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,299 | Aug 3, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,258 | Sep 4, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,027 | Dec 9, 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.