Mollicy Warren Fire
The Mollicy Warren Fire burned 1,806 acres in Louisiana, in 2006. It was discovered on January 2, 2006, and contained on January 4, 2006.
- Size
- 1,806 acres
- Discovered
- January 2, 2006
- Contained
- January 4, 2006
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,178 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.925, -92.038.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,806 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,178 acres
- Discovered
- January 2, 2006, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 4, 2006, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3292609199620060102
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006LAUORB93P
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,034 | Mar 24, 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.