Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,011 acres in Louisiana, in 2003. It was discovered on December 3, 2003, and contained on December 3, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to August 23, 2003. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,011 acres
- Discovered
- December 3, 2003
- Contained
- December 3, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,261 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.957, -93.417.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,011 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,261 acres
- Discovered
- December 3, 2003, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 23, 2003
- Contained
- December 3, 2003, 5:00 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
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2989609340020030823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003LASBRAZA7
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,423 | Jan 3, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,410 | Dec 5, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,869 | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,806 | Nov 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,401 | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| Unit 6 04 1 Fire | 3,871 | Dec 17, 2003 | |
| Os 5 Fire | 3,531 | Aug 19, 2003 | |
| OS5 Fire | 3,492 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,110 | Oct 18, 2003 | |
| Unit 2-04-P Fire | 2,886 | Oct 16, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,851 | Jan 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,542 | Feb 4, 2003 |
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.