Mosquito Fire
The Mosquito Fire burned 1,421 acres in Louisiana, in 2010. It was discovered on July 26, 2010, and contained on July 29, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,421 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2010
- Contained
- July 29, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,320 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.837, -93.554.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,421 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,320 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2010, 3:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 29, 2010, 3:00 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA2984709355520100726
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010LASBRFM7T
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 |
| Miami Fire | 2,000 | Jun 20, 2010 | Natural |
| Camp Claiborne Fire | 1,633 | Mar 14, 2010 | Human |
| 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.