U1WF87.03 Fire
The U1WF87.03 Fire burned 1,581 acres in Louisiana, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to July 20, 1987.
- Size
- 1,581 acres
- Ignition
- July 20, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,581 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.923, -93.477.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,581 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 20, 1987
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2992309347719870720
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- wetlands
Other large fires in Louisiana in 198710
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| U 1 Pf 87 09 Fire | 8,936 | Dec 29, 1987 | |
| 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 | |
| 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.