UNIT1025 Prescribed Fire
The UNIT1025 Prescribed Fire burned 1,607 acres in Mississippi, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to March 17, 2011.
- Size
- 1,607 acres
- Ignition
- March 17, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,607 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.212, -88.925.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,607 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 17, 2011
- State
- Mississippi
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3320908892820110317
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Land cover is evergreen mixed forest and deciduous
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.