Dam Fire
The Dam Fire burned 1,650 acres in Texas, in 1995. It was discovered on March 22, 1995, and contained on March 22, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,650 acres
- Discovered
- March 22, 1995
- Contained
- March 22, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,376 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.731, -101.563.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,376 acres
- Discovered
- March 22, 1995, 12:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 22, 1995, 10:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3573110156319950322
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-268893
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cr 359 Fire | 9,410 | Feb 17, 1995 | |
| Unit 6 Arson Fire | 6,670 | Jan 16, 1995 | Human |
| Mcr North Fire | 3,800 | Sep 27, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,969 | May 6, 1995 | |
| Hatfield Fire | 2,436 | Jun 22, 1995 | Human |
| Txnewyear Fire | 2,000 | Jan 2, 1995 | Human |
| UNIT5 Fire | 1,958 | Sep 9, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,614 | Feb 24, 1995 | |
| Microwave Fire | 1,414 | Feb 21, 1995 | |
| Choc N Cen Fire | 1,382 | Apr 11, 1995 | |
| Npt Pasture Fire | 1,150 | Jan 11, 1995 | |
| Sclamlake Fire | 1,079 | Jul 14, 1995 | Natural |
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.