Release Fire
The Release Fire burned 902 acres in Cass County, Louisiana, in 2011. It was discovered on September 5, 2011, and contained on September 6, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to September 6, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 902 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2011
- Contained
- September 6, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,401 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.912, -94.047.
The record
- Reported final size
- 902 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,401 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2011, 2:46 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 6, 2011
- Contained
- September 6, 2011, 2:43 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Louisiana
- County
- Cass County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- LA3287709403420110906
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-79511
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 20117
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Fue Fire | 6,174 | Jul 2, 2011 | Natural |
| Tison Fire | 5,968 | May 16, 2011 | |
| Cocodrie Fire | 5,820 | Jul 9, 2011 | Natural |
| TD13 Fire | 4,969 | Sep 2, 2011 | |
| Tourbe Fire | 2,133 | Jun 18, 2011 | Natural |
| Bad Romance Fire | 1,500 | Aug 24, 2011 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,047 | Sep 13, 2011 |
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.