Kisatchie Bayou Fire
The Kisatchie Bayou Fire burned 694 acres in Louisiana, in 2006. It was discovered on March 9, 2006, and contained on March 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 694 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2006
- Contained
- March 9, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,188 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.433, -93.070.
The record
- Reported final size
- 694 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,188 acres
- Discovered
- March 9, 2006, 9:38 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 9, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3143909307020060309
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1433514
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 8,557 | Apr 9, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,080 | May 19, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,049 | May 19, 2006 | |
| Mollicy Warren Fire | 1,806 | Jan 2, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,417 | Apr 17, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,372 | Aug 16, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,263 | Apr 17, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Jun 27, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,178 | Mar 8, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,104 | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| Unit I Fire | 1,100 | Jan 29, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,052 | May 19, 2006 |
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.