Wildfires of 2005

Unit 4-05-01 Fire

2005LouisianaWildfire

The Unit 4-05-01 Fire burned 12,154 acres in Louisiana, in 2005. It was discovered on June 1, 2005, and contained on June 4, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
12,154 acres
Discovered
June 1, 2005
Contained
June 4, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 29.889, -93.402.

The record

Reported final size
12,154 acres
Discovered
June 1, 2005, 1:30 p.m. local time
Contained
June 4, 2005, 6:00 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
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005LASBRBS8W

Other large fires in Louisiana in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
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 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

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Sources

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.