Wrangler Fire
The Wrangler Fire burned 4,363 acres in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in 2010. It was discovered on October 13, 2010, and contained on November 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,363 acres
- Discovered
- October 13, 2010
- Contained
- November 15, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,692 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.516, -93.004.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,363 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,692 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,363 acres
- Discovered
- October 13, 2010, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 15, 2010, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- County
- Natchitoches Parish
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kisatchie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- LAKIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3150409301420101013
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1491417
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- ICT4 Staples; ICT3 McDonald; ICT2 Quesinberry; ICT3 Sanders; ICT4 Pennington; ICT4 Staples.
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 |
| 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.