Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,500 acres in Jackson County, Mississippi, in 1999. It was discovered on April 15, 1999, and contained on April 20, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 1999
- Contained
- April 20, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,197 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.586, -88.819.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,197 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 1999, 12:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 20, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Jackson County
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3058408881719990415
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-352606
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 19992
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearman Fire | 1,577 | Feb 14, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,400 | Apr 15, 1999 | 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.