Corney Lake Bed Fire
The Corney Lake Bed Fire burned 929 acres in Louisiana, in 1996. It was discovered on January 14, 1996, and contained on January 19, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 929 acres
- Discovered
- January 14, 1996
- Contained
- January 19, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,716 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.933, -92.755.
The record
- Reported final size
- 929 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,716 acres
- Discovered
- January 14, 1996, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 19, 1996, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3291909274919960114
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-310405
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 Louisiana in 19969
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 7 Fire | 8,296 | Nov 28, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,678 | Feb 12, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,682 | Feb 20, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,047 | Feb 20, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,947 | Feb 20, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,722 | Mar 3, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,303 | Feb 12, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,285 | Feb 18, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,114 | Mar 11, 1996 |
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.