MCFWEST3 Fire
The MCFWEST3 Fire burned 5,388 acres in Texas, in 1996. It was discovered on January 24, 1996, and contained on January 25, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 5,388 acres
- Discovered
- January 24, 1996
- Contained
- January 25, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,656 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.633, -94.183.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,388 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,656 acres
- Discovered
- January 24, 1996, 6:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 25, 1996, 11:00 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
- TX2964609417119960124
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996TXMCR2278
- Note on the perimeter
- Boundaries determined by using given acres to determine which burn areas to incl.
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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,380 | Mar 26, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,367 | Mar 16, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,946 | Mar 7, 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.