RX 3 Fire
The RX 3 Fire burned 7,392 acres in Louisiana, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to January 26, 2000.
- Size
- 7,392 acres
- Ignition
- January 26, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,392 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.947, -93.570.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,392 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 26, 2000
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2994709357020000126
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Louisiana in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 12,877 | Sep 5, 2000 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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. 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.