Wildfires of 2000

Longleaf Vista Fire

2000LouisianaWildfire

The Longleaf Vista Fire burned 1,000 acres in Louisiana, in 2000. It was discovered on March 8, 2000, and contained on March 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
March 8, 2000
Contained
March 17, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,569 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 31.500, -93.067.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,569 acres
Discovered
March 8, 2000, 8:30 a.m. local time
Contained
March 17, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Louisiana
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Kisatchie National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
LAKIF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
USF08062000000156
Fire occurrence record
FS-357712
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data
Note on the perimeter
none

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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire12,877Sep 5, 2000Human
RX 3 Fire7,392Jan 26, 2000
RX 1 A Fire3,799Feb 1, 2000
Unnamed Fire2,922Sep 5, 2000Human
Marso Trac Fire2,709Jan 26, 2000
Longleaf Vista Fire2,500Jul 10, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire2,128Aug 31, 2000
Unit 1 B Fire2,031Jan 15, 2000
Overboard Fire1,775Jul 10, 2000Natural
Unnamed Fire1,302Oct 17, 2000
Rag Fire1,200Jun 21, 2000Human
Old North Fire1,200Jan 24, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 Louisiana fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.