Txnewyear Fire
The Txnewyear Fire burned 2,000 acres in Texas, in 1995. It was discovered on January 2, 1995, and contained on January 2, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- January 2, 1995
- Contained
- January 2, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,855 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.716, -93.883.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,855 acres
- Discovered
- January 2, 1995, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 2, 1995, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2970109388819950102
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1995TXTPR2010
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 |
| UNIT5 Fire | 1,958 | Sep 9, 1995 | Human |
| Dam Fire | 1,650 | Mar 22, 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.