Unit 7 Fire
The Unit 7 Fire burned 1,626 acres in Louisiana, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to January 19, 1998.
- Size
- 1,626 acres
- Ignition
- January 19, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,626 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.266, -89.942.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,626 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 19, 1998
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3026808995319980119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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 | |
| Black Bay Fire | 1,500 | Dec 30, 1998 | Human |
| Rabbit Fire | 1,075 | Jul 31, 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. 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.