U 5 Pf 89 Sw Fire
The U 5 Pf 89 Sw Fire burned 1,230 acres in Louisiana, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to December 13, 1989.
- Size
- 1,230 acres
- Ignition
- December 13, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,230 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.900, -93.751.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,230 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 13, 1989
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2990009375119891213
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Ongoing fire. No good post-image available to map this fire complete.
Other large fires in Louisiana in 19892
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,382 | Oct 11, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,996 | Sep 25, 1989 |
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.