Longleaf Vista Fire
The Longleaf Vista Fire burned 2,500 acres in Louisiana, in 2000. It was discovered on July 10, 2000, and contained on July 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2000
- Contained
- July 17, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,537 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.516, -93.028.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,537 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3147809298420000710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-357713
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 | |
| 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 |
| Longleaf Vista Fire | 1,000 | Mar 8, 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.