Witchdance Prescribed Fire
The Witchdance Prescribed Fire burned 1,159 acres in Mississippi, in 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to March 4, 1994.
- Size
- 1,159 acres
- Ignition
- March 4, 1994
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,159 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.949, -88.918.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,159 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 4, 1994
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3394908891819940304
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Mississippi in 19948
| 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 | 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. 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.