Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,586 acres in Louisiana, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to September 30, 1997.
- Size
- 1,586 acres
- Ignition
- September 30, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,586 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.997, -93.737.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,586 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 30, 1997
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2999409375419970930
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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 | |
| 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. 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.