Old North Fire
The Old North Fire burned 1,200 acres in Louisiana, in 2000. It was discovered on January 24, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- January 24, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,255 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.875, -93.623.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,255 acres
- Discovered
- January 24, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2986409362220000124
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000LASBR4929
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 |
| 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.