Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,001 acres in Harrison County, Mississippi, in 1994. It was discovered on February 25, 1994, and contained on February 25, 1994. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,001 acres
- Discovered
- February 25, 1994
- Contained
- February 25, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 997 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.580, -89.263.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,001 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 997 acres
- Discovered
- February 25, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 25, 1994, 4:52 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Harrison County
- Reporting unit
- Mississippi Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3061308925519940225
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- MSARCH_23095
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 | 1,007 | Mar 15, 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.