Chinati Mountain Fire
The Chinati Mountain Fire burned 22,719 acres in Texas, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to June 9, 1990.
- Size
- 22,719 acres
- Ignition
- June 9, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 22,719 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.924, -104.496.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 22,719 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 9, 1990
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2992210449319900609
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Texas in 199012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckwagon Fire | 8,285 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Big Canyon Fire | 7,436 | Jun 19, 1990 | |
| Perkins Fire | 6,965 | Aug 13, 1990 | |
| Frijole Fire | 6,382 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Sea Rim Fire | 3,828 | Oct 23, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,486 | Jul 4, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,889 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Arco Fire | 2,098 | Sep 29, 1990 | |
| Plum Fire | 1,784 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,515 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,431 | Dec 8, 1990 | |
| Autobon Fire | 1,426 | Feb 12, 1990 |
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.