Eastmcfacl Fire
The Eastmcfacl Fire burned 1,760 acres in Texas, in 1996. It was discovered on February 16, 1996, and contained on February 17, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,760 acres
- Discovered
- February 16, 1996
- Contained
- February 17, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,141 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.683, -94.083.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,760 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,141 acres
- Discovered
- February 16, 1996, 4:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 17, 1996, 12:00 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
- TX2968409408019960216
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996TXMCR2298
- Note on the perimeter
- TM IMG and NBR img 96/048 req. -30X +30Y adjustment prior to delineation.
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.