RX Burn Fire
The RX Burn Fire burned 1,341 acres in Mississippi, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to March 20, 1991.
- Size
- 1,341 acres
- Ignition
- March 20, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,341 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.214, -88.892.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,341 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 20, 1991
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3322008889719910320
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Thin cloud in post fire image
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,067 | Dec 15, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,713 | Dec 20, 1991 |
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.