Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,682 acres in Louisiana, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to February 20, 1996.
- Size
- 2,682 acres
- Ignition
- February 20, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,682 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.715, -92.643.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,682 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 20, 1996
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2971509264319960220
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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 | 2,047 | 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 | |
| Corney Lake Bed Fire | 929 | Jan 14, 1996 | 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.