Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 707 acres in Shannon County, Missouri, in 1995. It was discovered on March 25, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 707 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,110 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.095, -91.262.
The record
- Reported final size
- 707 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,110 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 1995, 12:12 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Shannon County
- Reporting unit
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3709509127719950325
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SCHMIDT_29013599
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 Missouri in 19953
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,019 | Mar 9, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,280 | Apr 1, 1995 | |
| Young Hollow Fire | 1,200 | Feb 25, 1995 | 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.