Cow Pen Fire
The Cow Pen Fire burned 1,620 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 2000. It was discovered on March 24, 2000, and contained on March 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,620 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2000
- Contained
- March 25, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,502 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.100, -89.097.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,620 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,502 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 2000, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 25, 2000, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3111908914320000324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-362062
- Note on the perimeter
- Closest fire but exceeds acres reported
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 20006
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Sep 4, 2000 | Human |
| Sam Road Fire | 1,162 | Feb 6, 2000 | Human |
| Snake Eyes Fire | 1,005 | Aug 28, 2000 | Human |
| Wolfe Fire | 1,000 | Oct 23, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 801 | Aug 20, 2000 | Human |
| White Lightening Fire | 525 | Feb 15, 2000 | 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.