North Unit Fire
The North Unit Fire burned 1,331 acres in Texas, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to March 17, 1986.
- Size
- 1,331 acres
- Ignition
- March 17, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,331 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.745, -94.095.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,331 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 17, 1986
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2974509409519860317
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Texas in 19864
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Lake Fire | 8,873 | Sep 3, 1986 | |
| Fireworks Fire | 4,730 | Jul 5, 1986 | |
| Rocket Fire | 1,657 | Jul 9, 1986 | |
| Pan Am Fire | 1,515 | Jul 4, 1986 |
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.