Tourbe Fire
The Tourbe Fire burned 2,133 acres in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in 2011. It was discovered on June 18, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,133 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,184 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.957, -93.578.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,133 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,184 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2011, 12:15 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Louisiana
- County
- Cameron Parish
- 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
- LA2995709357820110618
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011_LA-SBR-011004
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 | |
| 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.