East Cove 05 Fire
The East Cove 05 Fire burned 1,012 acres in Louisiana, in 2004. It was discovered on November 7, 2004, and contained on November 7, 2004. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,012 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2004
- Contained
- November 7, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 687 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.833, -93.217.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,012 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 687 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2004, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 7, 2004, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Cameron Prarie National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2984509316720041107
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004LACPRBH2R
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 20046
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 3-04-1W Fire | 6,018 | Aug 14, 2004 | Human |
| Unit 5-03-4W Fire | 2,233 | Jul 22, 2004 | Natural |
| Unit 5 03 4 W Fire | 2,070 | Jul 22, 2004 | |
| Boat House Fire | 1,700 | Aug 30, 2004 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,584 | Apr 19, 2004 | |
| Unit 7-04-1W Fire | 1,081 | Aug 30, 2004 | Natural |
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.