Gap Fire
The Gap Fire burned 2,412 acres in Texas, in 1992. It was discovered on July 1, 1992, and contained on July 3, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,412 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 1992
- Contained
- July 3, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,994 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.367, -103.259.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,412 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,994 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,551 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 1992, 5:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 1992, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Big Bend National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXBBP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1992-TXBBP-009204
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2936710325019920701
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-266664
- 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 199210
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 9,000 | Sep 21, 1992 | |
| Smith Marsh Fire | 3,059 | Aug 25, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,471 | Oct 3, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,090 | Nov 14, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,855 | Mar 14, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,573 | Oct 29, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,421 | Oct 3, 1992 | |
| Dippingvat Fire | 1,300 | Sep 9, 1992 | |
| Tptwister Fire | 1,100 | Sep 11, 1992 | |
| Txpt Beach Fire | 1,089 | Jul 18, 1992 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.