Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,007 acres in Benton County, Mississippi, in 1994. It was discovered on March 15, 1994, and contained on March 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,007 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 1994
- Contained
- March 15, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,298 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.906, -89.339.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,007 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,298 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 1994, 11:43 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 15, 1994
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Benton County
- Reporting unit
- Mississippi Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3489208935719940315
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- MSARCH_22897
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19947
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,110 | Feb 2, 1994 | Human |
| S Bound Fire | 2,260 | Mar 31, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,182 | Nov 5, 1994 | |
| Cptg 06 Fire | 1,910 | Nov 2, 1994 | |
| Midnight Fire | 1,083 | Jan 18, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,001 | Feb 25, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,001 | Mar 6, 1994 | Human |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.