Rabbit Fire
The Rabbit Fire burned 1,075 acres in Louisiana, in 1998. It was discovered on July 31, 1998, and contained on July 31, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,075 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1998
- Contained
- July 31, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 850 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.858, -92.760.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,075 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 850 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1998, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 31, 1998, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3184009274319980731
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-330912
- Note on the perimeter
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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 19988
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 RX Fire | 8,911 | Oct 30, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,145 | Feb 9, 1998 | |
| Unit 4 Fire | 2,500 | Mar 4, 1998 | Human |
| Unit 4 RX Fire | 2,000 | Aug 2, 1998 | Natural |
| Unit 4 Cd Fire | 1,728 | Nov 4, 1998 | |
| Unit 7 Fire | 1,626 | Jan 19, 1998 | |
| Black Bay Fire | 1,500 | Dec 30, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 151 | Aug 1, 1998 | Human |
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.