Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 151 acres in Louisiana, in 1998. It was discovered on August 1, 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to August 2, 1998. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 151 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,319 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.582, -93.992.
The record
- Reported final size
- 151 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,319 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 1998
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 2, 1998
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Louisiana
- Reporting unit
- Louisiana Office of Forestry
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3259109401419980802
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_LA_15403
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 |
| Rabbit Fire | 1,075 | Jul 31, 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.