Miami Fire
The Miami Fire burned 2,000 acres in Louisiana, in 2010. It was discovered on June 20, 2010, and contained on June 23, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2010
- Contained
- June 23, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,464 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.912, -93.156.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,464 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 23, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Cameron Prarie National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2991209315820100620
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010LACPRFGU3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicada Fire | 6,259 | Aug 23, 2010 | Natural |
| Wrangler Fire | 4,363 | Oct 13, 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
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.