Unit 3 Prescribed Fire
The Unit 3 Prescribed Fire burned 6,758 acres in Louisiana, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to January 14, 2005.
- Size
- 6,758 acres
- Ignition
- January 14, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,758 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.856, -93.493.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,758 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 14, 2005
- State
- Louisiana
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2985609349320050114
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Haze
Other large fires in Louisiana in 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 4-05-01 Fire | 12,154 | Jun 1, 2005 | Natural |
| Unit 4 05 01 Fire | 11,746 | Jun 1, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,578 | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,932 | Sep 21, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,384 | May 16, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,156 | Aug 1, 2005 | |
| Grey ESTATE-2 Fire | 3,039 | Aug 29, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,852 | Mar 12, 2005 | Natural |
| Unit 1-05-3 Fire | 2,824 | Aug 16, 2005 | Natural |
| Unit C-05P Fire | 2,504 | Sep 11, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,915 | Aug 20, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,806 | Nov 24, 2005 | 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.