Cicada Fire
The Cicada Fire burned 6,259 acres in Louisiana, in 2010. It was discovered on August 23, 2010, and contained on August 30, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,259 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2010
- Contained
- August 30, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,373 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.841, -93.492.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,259 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,373 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,271 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2010, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2010, 2:00 p.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
- Unit
- LASBR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-LASBR-FS3Y
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2985609349220100823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010LASBRFS3Y
- Note on the perimeter
- Cicada fire was called in by oil hand working at Dog House on Hwy 27 and Deep Bayou Rd, Unit 2, Sabine NWR. Oil hand saw lightning strike and start fire. Fire was scouted by M Johnson and J King. Resources were ordered that evening. All tactical re
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 20106
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrangler Fire | 4,363 | Oct 13, 2010 | Natural |
| Miami Fire | 2,000 | Jun 20, 2010 | Natural |
| Camp Claiborne Fire | 1,633 | Mar 14, 2010 | Human |
| Mosquito Fire | 1,421 | Jul 26, 2010 | Natural |
| Big Creek Fire | 1,295 | Oct 2, 2010 | Human |
| Range 40 Fire | 600 | Oct 1, 2010 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.