Wildfires of 2011

TD13 Fire

2011Natchitoches Parish, LouisianaWildfire

The TD13 Fire burned 4,969 acres in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in 2011. It was discovered on September 2, 2011, and contained on September 3, 2011.

Size
4,969 acres
Discovered
September 2, 2011
Contained
September 3, 2011
Cause
Undetermined

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,206 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.056, -93.062.

The record

Reported final size
4,969 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
4,206 acres
Discovered
September 2, 2011, 1:45 p.m. local time
Contained
September 3, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Undetermined
State
Louisiana
County
Natchitoches Parish
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Louisiana Office of Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
LA3205609306220110902
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2011_LA-LAS-000001

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

FireAcresStartCause
Grand Fue Fire6,174Jul 2, 2011Natural
Tison Fire5,968May 16, 2011
Cocodrie Fire5,820Jul 9, 2011Natural
Tourbe Fire2,133Jun 18, 2011Natural
Bad Romance Fire1,500Aug 24, 2011Natural
Unnamed Fire1,047Sep 13, 2011
Release Fire902Sep 5, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 Louisiana fire history

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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.