Bayou Lb Fire
The Bayou Lb Fire burned 1,209 acres in Mobile County, Alabama, in 2007. It was discovered on March 25, 2007, and contained on April 4, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,209 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2007
- Contained
- April 4, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,064 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.411, -88.267.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,209 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,064 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2007, 2:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 4, 2007, 11:54 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Alabama
- County
- Mobile County
- Reporting unit
- Alabama Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Bayou La Batre Fire
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AL3041008828620070325
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ALS-BAY-20070325-002
- Note on the perimeter
- Added another fire. Acres far exceed reported acres
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 Alabama in 20073
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecost Fire | 3,000 | Mar 12, 2007 | Human |
| Stevenson Fire | 1,010 | Mar 24, 2007 | Human |
| Wildcat Branch Wfire Fire | 569 | Mar 5, 2007 | 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.