Range 40 Fire
The Range 40 Fire burned 600 acres in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, in 2010. It was discovered on October 1, 2010, and contained on October 1, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 600 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2010
- Contained
- October 1, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,144 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.033, -92.917.
The record
- Reported final size
- 600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,144 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2010, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 1, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Louisiana
- County
- Vernon Parish
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3103309292520101001
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1491335
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 |
| Mosquito Fire | 1,421 | Jul 26, 2010 | Natural |
| Big Creek Fire | 1,295 | Oct 2, 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.