Tison Fire
The Tison Fire burned 5,968 acres in Louisiana, in 2011. It was discovered on May 16, 2011, and contained on May 27, 2011.
- Size
- 5,968 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2011
- Contained
- May 27, 2011
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,515 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.836, -93.571.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,968 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,515 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2011, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 27, 2011, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- 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
- LA2983809357120110516
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011LASBRF3VU
- Note on the perimeter
- Burned/Unburned Only
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 |
| 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 | |
| Release Fire | 902 | Sep 5, 2011 | 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.