Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,620 acres in Mississippi, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to February 27, 1988.
- Size
- 3,620 acres
- Ignition
- February 27, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,620 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.221, -88.920.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,620 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 27, 1988
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3322408891519880227
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter includes two other fire scars along the FWS area boundary.
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19884
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,257 | Jan 28, 1988 | |
| All Niter Fire | 1,132 | Dec 7, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,084 | Feb 24, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,030 | Mar 21, 1988 |
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.