Wildfires of 1993

25MILEFIRE Fire

1993TexasWildfire

The 25MILEFIRE Fire burned 1,250 acres in Texas, in 1993. It was discovered on May 16, 1993. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,250 acres
Discovered
May 16, 1993
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 27.067, -97.380.

The record

Reported final size
1,250 acres
Discovered
May 16, 1993, 3:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Texas
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Padre Island National Seashore
Agency
National Park Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-267761

Other large fires in Texas in 199312

FireAcresStartCause
Mcivor Fire15,380Jun 1, 1993
Donahoe Fire14,016Jun 1, 1993
San Saba Fire12,892Aug 15, 1993
Shafter Fire12,691Jun 17, 1993
Menard Fire10,106Aug 15, 1993
Unnamed Fire7,707Sep 27, 1993
Unnamed Fire6,934Aug 15, 1993
Pine Fire6,510May 8, 1993Human
Unnamed Fire6,475Jul 1, 1993
Unnamed Fire5,896May 23, 1993
Unnamed Fire5,189Jun 1, 1993
Blue Allegheny Fire3,808Sep 7, 1993

Every fire of 1993 Texas fire history

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Sources

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.