Longleaf Vista Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 12,877 | Sep 5, 2000 | Human |
| RX 3 Fire | 7,392 | Jan 26, 2000 | |
| RX 1 A Fire | 3,799 | Feb 1, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,922 | Sep 5, 2000 | Human |
| Marso Trac Fire | 2,709 | Jan 26, 2000 | |
| Longleaf Vista Fire | 2,500 | Jul 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,128 | Aug 31, 2000 | |
| Unit 1 B Fire | 2,031 | Jan 15, 2000 | |
| Overboard Fire | 1,775 | Jul 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,302 | Oct 17, 2000 | |
| Rag Fire | 1,200 | Jun 21, 2000 | Human |
| Old North Fire | 1,200 | Jan 24, 2000 | Human |
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.