Kisatchie Hills Fire
The Kisatchie Hills Fire burned 3,134 acres in Louisiana, in 1997. It was discovered on September 14, 1997, and contained on September 16, 1997. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,134 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 1997
- Contained
- September 16, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,916 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.500, -93.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,134 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,916 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 1997, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 1997, 8:00 a.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
- LA3149309301219970914
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-326862
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Bayou Fire | 1,200 | Jul 24, 1997 | Natural |
| 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.