Westex Fire
The Westex Fire burned 3,190 acres in Texas, in 1994. It was discovered on April 29, 1994, and contained on April 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 3,190 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 1994
- Contained
- April 30, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,770 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.600, -103.883.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,190 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,770 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,769 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 1994, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 30, 1994, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Fort Davis National Historic Site
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXFDP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-TXFDP-009402
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3058810393019940429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-267086
- 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 | |
| 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
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.