Unit C-05P Fire
The Unit C-05P Fire burned 2,504 acres in Louisiana, in 2005. It was discovered on September 11, 2005, and contained on September 24, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to September 5, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,504 acres
- Discovered
- September 11, 2005
- Contained
- September 24, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,740 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.975, -92.933.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,504 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,740 acres
- Discovered
- September 11, 2005, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 5, 2005
- Contained
- September 24, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2994109294320050905
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005LALCRB6EA
- Note on the perimeter
- this fire was remapped 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
| 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 |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,915 | Aug 20, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,806 | Nov 24, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,723 | Sep 5, 2005 |
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.