Dog House Fire
The Dog House Fire burned 6,365 acres in Louisiana, in 2009. It was discovered on July 18, 2009, and contained on August 3, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,365 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2009
- Contained
- August 3, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,260 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.835, -93.468.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,365 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,260 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2009, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2009, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2985609349220090718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2009LASBRE2BQ
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 20097
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Targa Fire | 3,440 | Mar 2, 2009 | |
| Back Ridge East Fire | 3,253 | Jul 16, 2009 | Natural |
| Hollis Birthday Fire | 2,363 | Aug 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Slidell Airport Fire | 1,922 | Mar 7, 2009 | |
| Cameron Meadows Fire | 1,523 | Mar 7, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,377 | Mar 8, 2009 | |
| Government Pond Fire | 550 | Jan 20, 2009 | 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.