Clower Fire
The Clower Fire burned 900 acres in Texas, in 1996. It was discovered on February 10, 1996, and contained on February 11, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 1996
- Contained
- February 11, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,488 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.408, -97.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,488 acres
- Discovered
- February 10, 1996, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 11, 1996, 4:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- National Forests And Grasslands In Texas
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3340209765019960210
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-320556
- Note on the perimeter
- Little over half grass rest deciduous forest. Burn not visible 3 months later nor 1 year later so did a ss assessment.
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchfork Fire | 27,223 | Apr 24, 1996 | |
| Triangle Fire | 26,294 | Mar 23, 1996 | |
| Buckle L Fire | 20,354 | Mar 23, 1996 | |
| Henrietta Fire | 13,702 | Mar 16, 1996 | |
| North Memphis Fire | 13,166 | Apr 25, 1996 | |
| Potter 1 Fire | 13,000 | Mar 23, 1996 | Human |
| Poolville Fire | 12,201 | Mar 16, 1996 | |
| Highway 70 Fire | 10,771 | Feb 27, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,487 | Feb 1, 1996 | |
| MCFWEST3 Fire | 5,388 | Jan 24, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,380 | Mar 26, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,367 | Mar 16, 1996 |
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.