Unit 43 Fire
The Unit 43 Fire burned 2,182 acres in Texas, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to November 4, 1985.
- Size
- 2,182 acres
- Ignition
- November 4, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,182 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 28.231, -96.834.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,182 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 4, 1985
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2823109683419851104
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre-image to pair for better dNBR offset. No images available for earlier dates.
Other large fires in Texas in 19853
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clam Lake Fire | 4,916 | Sep 27, 1985 | |
| Unit 32 Fire | 2,556 | Dec 23, 1985 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,388 | Nov 15, 1985 |
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.