Airport Fire
The Airport Fire burned 580 acres in Texas, in 1994. It was discovered on January 4, 1994, and contained on January 5, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 580 acres
- Discovered
- January 4, 1994
- Contained
- January 5, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,449 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.335, -93.767.
The record
- Reported final size
- 580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,449 acres
- Discovered
- January 4, 1994, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 5, 1994, 4:16 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests And Grasslands In Texas
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3134309375619940104
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-300176
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County Fire | 15,312 | Apr 3, 1994 | |
| UNIT1ARSON Fire | 13,400 | Dec 14, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,002 | Jul 13, 1994 | |
| UNIT3ARSON Fire | 9,912 | Nov 1, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,273 | Jun 29, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,760 | Apr 24, 1994 | |
| Marcus Fire | 6,250 | Jun 8, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,003 | Apr 17, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,573 | Jul 13, 1994 | |
| RX Pwd Coop Fire | 4,025 | Nov 29, 1994 | |
| Estufa Fire | 3,774 | Jul 9, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,638 | Jun 20, 1994 |
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.