Wildfires of 2005

Grey ESTATE-2 Fire

2005LouisianaWildfire

The Grey ESTATE-2 Fire burned 3,039 acres in Louisiana, in 2005. It was discovered on August 29, 2005, and contained on September 1, 2005. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
3,039 acres
Discovered
August 29, 2005
Contained
September 1, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,102 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.950, -93.719.

The record

Reported final size
3,039 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,102 acres
Discovered
August 29, 2005, 1:00 p.m. local time
Contained
September 1, 2005, 9:30 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Louisiana
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
LA2995309373120050829
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005LASBRB5F1
Note on the perimeter
wetlands. Remapped this fire as a Single Scene Assessment.

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 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Unit 4-05-01 Fire12,154Jun 1, 2005Natural
Unit 4 05 01 Fire11,746Jun 1, 2005
Unnamed Fire6,578Sep 21, 2005
Unnamed Fire4,932Sep 21, 2005
Unnamed Fire4,384May 16, 2005
Unnamed Fire3,156Aug 1, 2005
Unnamed Fire2,852Mar 12, 2005Natural
Unit 1-05-3 Fire2,824Aug 16, 2005Natural
Unit C-05P Fire2,504Sep 11, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire1,915Aug 20, 2005
Unnamed Fire1,806Nov 24, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire1,723Sep 5, 2005

Every fire of 2005 Louisiana fire history

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.