Democrat Ridge Fire
The Democrat Ridge Fire burned 1,049 acres in Missouri, in 1999. It was discovered on November 18, 1999, and contained on November 19, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,049 acres
- Discovered
- November 18, 1999
- Contained
- November 19, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,124 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.718, -92.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,049 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,124 acres
- Discovered
- November 18, 1999, 11:50 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 19, 1999, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Missouri
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Mark Twain National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3772209204619991118
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-341272
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 Missouri in 19992
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,654 | Nov 4, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,487 | Nov 15, 1999 |
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.