Plum Fire
The Plum Fire burned 1,258 acres in Texas, in 1993. It was discovered on November 27, 1993, and contained on November 30, 1993. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,258 acres
- Discovered
- November 27, 1993
- Contained
- November 30, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,297 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.594, -101.728.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,258 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,297 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,152 acres
- Discovered
- November 27, 1993, 12:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 30, 1993, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXLAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-TXLAP-009315
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3558510172419931127
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-268847
- 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 | |
| Pine Fire | 6,510 | May 8, 1993 | Human |
| 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 |
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.