Unit 1116 Prescribed Fire
The Unit 1116 Prescribed Fire burned 1,471 acres in Mississippi, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to January 29, 2011.
- Size
- 1,471 acres
- Ignition
- January 29, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,471 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.225, -88.850.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,471 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 29, 2011
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3322508885620110129
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Land cover includes mixed forest evergreen forest and woody wetlands
Other large fires in Mississippi in 20113
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs RX Fire | 1,781 | Mar 12, 2011 | |
| Yellow Creek Fire | 1,344 | Feb 20, 2011 | Human |
| Toney Island Fire | 1,078 | Jun 20, 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. 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.