Wildfires of 2005

Unnamed Fire

2005Morehouse Parish, LouisianaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,806 acres in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, in 2005. It was discovered on November 24, 2005, and contained on November 24, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,806 acres
Discovered
November 24, 2005
Contained
November 24, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.923, -91.806.

The record

Reported final size
1,806 acres
Discovered
November 24, 2005
Contained
November 24, 2005
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Louisiana
County
Morehouse Parish
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Louisiana Office of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2005LDAFLA00690505-3231

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 1-05-3 Fire2,824Aug 16, 2005Natural
Unit C-05P Fire2,504Sep 11, 2005Human
Unnamed Fire1,915Aug 20, 2005
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.