Wildfires of 1989

Big Rooster Fire

1989MissouriWildfire

The Big Rooster Fire burned 1,312 acres in Missouri, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to April 16, 1989.

Size: 1,312 acres
Ignition: April 16, 1989

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,312 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.904, -91.473.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS: 1,312 acres
Ignition (MTBS): April 16, 1989
State: Missouri
Incident type: Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier: MO3690209148419890416
MTBS assessment: Initial (SS)

Nearby

Birch Tree, MO6 miles north of the fire
Winona, MO11 miles northeast of the fire
Mountain View, MO14 miles northwest of the fire
West Plains, MO24 miles southwest of the fire
Thayer, MO26 miles south of the fire
Willow Springs, MO28 miles west of the fire

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.