Shepards Trail Fire
The Shepards Trail Fire burned 3,964 acres in Perry County, Mississippi, in 2013. It was discovered on March 25, 2013, and contained on April 3, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,964 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2013
- Contained
- April 3, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,330 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.113, -89.143.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,964 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,330 acres
- Discovered
- March 25, 2013, 10:14 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 2013, 8:36 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Perry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests in Mississippi
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MS3111308914320130325
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519284
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 Mississippi in 20136
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 7,655 | Feb 2, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,853 | Feb 18, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,389 | Mar 29, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,208 | May 9, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,583 | Mar 6, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,523 | May 9, 2013 |
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.