Bayou Fire
The Bayou Fire burned 1,200 acres in Louisiana, in 1997. It was discovered on July 24, 1997, and contained on July 27, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 1997
- Contained
- July 27, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,167 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.878, -93.547.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,167 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 1997, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 1997, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2986909353919970724
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1997LASBR4200
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 19977
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 2 RX Fire | 5,835 | Sep 3, 1997 | |
| Kisatchie Hills Fire | 3,134 | Sep 14, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,010 | Nov 2, 1997 | |
| Grey Ditch Fire | 2,000 | Sep 30, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,765 | Sep 15, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,586 | Sep 30, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,097 | Aug 30, 1997 |
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.