Wildfires of 2005

Unit 1-05-3 Fire

2005LouisianaWildfire

The Unit 1-05-3 Fire burned 2,824 acres in Louisiana, in 2005. It was discovered on August 16, 2005, and contained on August 22, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
2,824 acres
Discovered
August 16, 2005
Contained
August 22, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,568 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.900, -93.468.

The record

Reported final size
2,824 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,568 acres
Discovered
August 16, 2005, 2:30 p.m. local time
Contained
August 22, 2005, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
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
LA2989409347020050816
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005LASBRB4EU
Note on the perimeter
herbaceous wetlands

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
Grey ESTATE-2 Fire3,039Aug 29, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire2,852Mar 12, 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.