White Dog Fire
The White Dog Fire burned 5,300 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 2005. It was discovered on November 12, 2005, and contained on November 23, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,300 acres
- Discovered
- November 12, 2005
- Contained
- November 23, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,307 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.138, -89.112.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,307 acres
- Discovered
- November 12, 2005, 3:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 23, 2005, 3:19 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3111608912620051112
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1431611
- Note on the perimeter
- Multiple fires of various dates included
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 Mississippi in 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,713 | Feb 19, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,820 | Feb 4, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,067 | Feb 19, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,640 | Jan 27, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,501 | Feb 11, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,099 | Apr 24, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,836 | Jan 27, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,797 | Apr 24, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,071 | May 2, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,820 | Apr 17, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,777 | Jan 27, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,588 | Apr 16, 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.