Pierces Creek Fire
The Pierces Creek Fire burned 5,550 acres in Mississippi, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to February 11, 1990.
- Size
- 5,550 acres
- Ignition
- February 11, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,550 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.105, -89.127.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,550 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 11, 1990
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3110508910419900211
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19905
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,604 | Mar 22, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,508 | Mar 22, 1990 | |
| G 8 Fire | 1,122 | Jan 15, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,092 | Jan 15, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,079 | Jan 11, 1990 |
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.