Big Canyon Fire
The Big Canyon Fire burned 3,254 acres in Texas, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to March 14, 1989.
- Size
- 3,254 acres
- Ignition
- March 14, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,254 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.992, -104.735.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,254 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,261 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 14, 1989
- State
- Texas
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXGUP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1989-TXGUP-000002
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3199310473519890314
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Texas in 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 24,742 | Apr 3, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 20,712 | May 5, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,531 | Oct 2, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,231 | Apr 3, 1989 | |
| Big Creek Fire | 4,726 | Mar 14, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,283 | May 5, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,175 | May 5, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,868 | Feb 27, 1989 | |
| North Unit Fire | 1,617 | Oct 10, 1989 | |
| Betsy Fire | 1,582 | Nov 9, 1989 | |
| Unit 26 Fire | 1,384 | Jan 5, 1989 | |
| Margaret 4 Fire | 1,360 | May 11, 1989 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.