Bayou Complex
The Bayou Complex burned 5,414 acres in Louisiana, in 2002. It was discovered on July 22, 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to July 12, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,414 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,727 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.843, -93.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,414 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,727 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2002, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 12, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- 2nd Bayou Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Bayou 5, Bayou 6
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2979509355120020712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002LASBR4838
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 20028
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| G 1 2 3 Fire | 3,437 | Jan 27, 2002 | |
| H I J Fire | 3,148 | Feb 17, 2002 | |
| Plains Fire | 2,880 | May 26, 2002 | Natural |
| Grand B 1920 Fire | 1,880 | Feb 25, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,783 | Nov 24, 2002 | |
| Wc 4 Fire | 1,574 | Feb 13, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,517 | Dec 2, 2002 | |
| Groundhog Fire | 460 | Feb 3, 2002 | 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.