East Fire
The East Fire burned 2,638 acres in Texas, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to August 20, 1987.
- Size
- 2,638 acres
- Ignition
- August 20, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,638 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.598, -94.445.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,638 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 20, 1987
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2959809444519870820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- wetlands
Other large fires in Texas in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,786 | Aug 20, 1987 | |
| Clam Lake Fire | 3,895 | Oct 5, 1987 | |
| Fred Fire | 3,629 | Feb 9, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,662 | Oct 13, 1987 | |
| East Shore Fire | 1,751 | Mar 17, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,702 | Aug 20, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,692 | Oct 13, 1987 | |
| Nw Star L Fire | 1,505 | Dec 4, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,369 | Sep 4, 1987 | |
| Beethovan Fire | 1,308 | Dec 16, 1987 | |
| Clam Lake Fire | 1,080 | Jul 18, 1987 | |
| Tex Point Fire | 1,046 | Sep 23, 1987 |
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.