Star Lake Fire
The Star Lake Fire burned 8,873 acres in Texas, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to September 3, 1986.
- Size
- 8,873 acres
- Ignition
- September 3, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,873 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.640, -94.216.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,873 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 3, 1986
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2967309419019860903
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Texas in 19864
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fireworks Fire | 4,730 | Jul 5, 1986 | |
| Rocket Fire | 1,657 | Jul 9, 1986 | |
| Pan Am Fire | 1,515 | Jul 4, 1986 | |
| North Unit Fire | 1,331 | Mar 17, 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.