Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,783 acres in Louisiana, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to November 24, 2002.
- Size
- 1,783 acres
- Ignition
- November 24, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,783 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.792, -93.370.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,783 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 24, 2002
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2979209337020021124
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire burned through wetlands.
Other large fires in Louisiana in 20028
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Complex | 5,414 | Jul 22, 2002 | Natural |
| 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 | |
| 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. 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.