Wildfires of 1994

Estufa Fire

1994TexasWildfire

The Estufa Fire burned 3,774 acres in Texas, in 1994. It was discovered on July 9, 1994, and contained on July 17, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,774 acres
Discovered
July 9, 1994
Contained
July 17, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,353 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.334, -103.167.

The record

Reported final size
3,774 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
4,353 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
3,995 acres
Discovered
July 9, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
Contained
July 17, 1994, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Texas
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Big Bend National Park
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
TXBBP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1994-TXBBP-009409
MTBS fire identifier
TX2933510314719940709
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-266691
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 199412

FireAcresStartCause
King County Fire15,312Apr 3, 1994
UNIT1ARSON Fire13,400Dec 14, 1994Human
Unnamed Fire11,002Jul 13, 1994
UNIT3ARSON Fire9,912Nov 1, 1994Human
Unnamed Fire8,273Jun 29, 1994
Unnamed Fire7,760Apr 24, 1994
Marcus Fire6,250Jun 8, 1994Natural
Unnamed Fire6,003Apr 17, 1994
Unnamed Fire4,573Jul 13, 1994
RX Pwd Coop Fire4,025Nov 29, 1994
Unnamed Fire3,638Jun 20, 1994
Unnamed Fire3,431Jul 6, 1994

Every fire of 1994 Texas fire history

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.