Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 679 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 1997. It was discovered on October 6, 1997, and contained on October 8, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 679 acres
- Discovered
- October 6, 1997
- Contained
- October 8, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,716 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.087, -89.090.
The record
- Reported final size
- 679 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,716 acres
- Discovered
- October 6, 1997, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3108408908319971006
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-329134
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 Mississippi in 19973
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi Fork Fire | 1,350 | Mar 24, 1997 | Human |
| Cpt G 12 Fire | 1,231 | Oct 15, 1997 | |
| Cpt O 06 Fire | 1,027 | Oct 11, 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.