Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 9,000 acres in Texas, in 1992. It was discovered on September 21, 1992, and contained on September 22, 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to October 3, 1992.
- Size
- 9,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 1992
- Contained
- September 22, 1992
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,341 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.633, -94.167.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,341 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 1992, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 3, 1992
- Contained
- September 22, 1992, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2964109419019921003
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1992TXMCR2165
- Note on the perimeter
- wetlands
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Marsh Fire | 3,059 | Aug 25, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,471 | Oct 3, 1992 | |
| Gap Fire | 2,412 | Jul 1, 1992 | Natural |
| 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
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.