Unit 26 Fire
The Unit 26 Fire burned 1,384 acres in Texas, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to January 5, 1989.
- Size
- 1,384 acres
- Ignition
- January 5, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,384 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 28.159, -96.934.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,384 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 5, 1989
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2815909693419890105
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 42 std.
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 | |
| Big Canyon Fire | 3,254 | Mar 14, 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 | |
| Margaret 4 Fire | 1,360 | May 11, 1989 |
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.