Marcus Fire
The Marcus Fire burned 6,250 acres in Texas, in 1994. It was discovered on June 8, 1994, and contained on June 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,250 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 1994
- Contained
- June 16, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,092 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.980, -104.885.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,092 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,023 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 16, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- 1994-TXGUP-000006
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3198110486819940608
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-266148
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- 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
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,431 | Jul 6, 1994 |
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.