Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,620 acres in Lee County, Mississippi, in 1996. It was discovered on April 9, 1996, and contained on April 9, 1996. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 1,620 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 1996
- Contained
- April 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.117, -88.554.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,620 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 1996, 5:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 9, 1996, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Lee County
- Reporting unit
- Mississippi Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- MSARCH_30829
Other large fires in Mississippi in 199610
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,208 | Feb 15, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,152 | Apr 10, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,109 | Mar 13, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,388 | Mar 13, 1996 | |
| Cpt G 05 Fire | 1,342 | Oct 16, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,130 | Apr 11, 1996 | Human |
| Junior Fire | 1,092 | Apr 26, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,071 | Mar 22, 1996 | |
| Range 48 Fire | 530 | Feb 24, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 500 | Apr 17, 1996 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.