Pine Fire
The Pine Fire burned 6,510 acres in Texas, in 1993. It was discovered on May 8, 1993, and contained on May 11, 1993. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 6,510 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1993
- Contained
- May 11, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,954 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.896, -104.827.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,510 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,954 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,263 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1993, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 11, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXGUP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-TXGUP-000002
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3190810480919930508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-266134
- 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 199312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcivor Fire | 15,380 | Jun 1, 1993 | |
| Donahoe Fire | 14,016 | Jun 1, 1993 | |
| San Saba Fire | 12,892 | Aug 15, 1993 | |
| Shafter Fire | 12,691 | Jun 17, 1993 | |
| Menard Fire | 10,106 | Aug 15, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,707 | Sep 27, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,934 | Aug 15, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,475 | Jul 1, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,896 | May 23, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,189 | Jun 1, 1993 | |
| Blue Allegheny Fire | 3,808 | Sep 7, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,781 | Sep 27, 1993 |
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.