Sause Fire
The Sause Fire burned 1,824 acres in Harrison County, Mississippi, in 2006. It was discovered on June 3, 2006, and contained on June 17, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to June 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,824 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2006
- Contained
- June 17, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,931 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.539, -88.966.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,824 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,931 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2006, 5:24 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 2, 2006
- Contained
- June 17, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Harrison County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3053908897120060602
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1446165
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiln (Bayou Bacon) Fire | 3,708 | Jun 10, 2006 | Human |
| Sandy Fox Fire | 3,000 | Mar 9, 2006 | Human |
| Witchdce W Fire | 2,844 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,509 | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,365 | Mar 26, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,179 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,686 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,594 | Mar 3, 2006 | |
| Trace Unit 2 Fire | 1,528 | Mar 16, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,507 | Mar 16, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,485 | Mar 27, 2006 | Human |
| White Sands Fire | 1,069 | Mar 5, 2006 | Human |
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.