Chainlink Fire
The Chainlink Fire burned 1,340 acres in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in 2013. It was discovered on September 4, 2013, and contained on September 8, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,340 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2013
- Contained
- September 8, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,343 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.860, -93.619.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,340 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,343 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2013, 12:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 8, 2013, 4:00 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
- Unit
- LASBR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-LASBR-HYQ6
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013LASBRHYQ6
- Note on the perimeter
- This fire was caused by lightning in Unit 4 of Sabine NWR. There were no structures or other improvements at risk. So, the Chainlink fire was monitored and eventually burned itself out while firefighters were busy with suppression efforts on the Leonard
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 20135
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Fire | 6,384 | Sep 4, 2013 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,437 | Feb 28, 2013 | |
| Apache Fire | 3,111 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,477 | Feb 28, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,354 | Feb 28, 2013 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.