Big Country Fire
The Big Country Fire burned 209,201 acres in Texas, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to March 12, 1988.
- Size
- 209,201 acres
- Ignition
- March 12, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 209,201 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 32.694, -99.419.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 209,201 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 12, 1988
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3269409941719880312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Texas in 198812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,682 | Mar 31, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,236 | Mar 1, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,738 | Jun 3, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,707 | Jun 3, 1988 | |
| Sea Rim Fire | 3,659 | Jul 30, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,613 | Mar 15, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,885 | Dec 2, 1988 | |
| 1 A 2 Fire | 2,633 | Nov 2, 1988 | |
| Unit 7 Fire | 2,498 | Nov 23, 1988 | |
| Permit Fire | 1,627 | Jul 26, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,393 | Nov 9, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,327 | Mar 5, 1988 |
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.