Perkins Fire
The Perkins Fire burned 6,965 acres in Texas, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to August 13, 1990.
- Size
- 6,965 acres
- Ignition
- August 13, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,965 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.677, -94.123.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,965 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 13, 1990
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2967709412319900813
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- wetlands
Other large fires in Texas in 199012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinati Mountain Fire | 22,719 | Jun 9, 1990 | |
| Chuckwagon Fire | 8,285 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Big Canyon Fire | 7,436 | Jun 19, 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.