UNIT1ARSON Fire
The UNIT1ARSON Fire burned 13,400 acres in Texas, in 1994. It was discovered on December 14, 1994, and contained on December 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 13,400 acres
- Discovered
- December 14, 1994
- Contained
- December 16, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,278 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.633, -94.217.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,278 acres
- Discovered
- December 14, 1994, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- December 16, 1994, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2963009424219941214
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1994TXMCR2845
- Note on the perimeter
- wetlands
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,431 | Jul 6, 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.