Unit 28 Fire
The Unit 28 Fire burned 1,260 acres in Indiana, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to April 7, 2002.
- Size
- 1,260 acres
- Ignition
- April 7, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,260 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.905, -85.415.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,260 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 7, 2002
- State
- Indiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- IN3890508540520020407
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 31-std. thin cloud in pre/post images.
Other large fires in Indiana in 20022
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 8 Fire | 2,752 | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| Unit 9 Fire | 1,483 | Apr 11, 2002 |
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.