Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,780 acres in Texas, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to December 9, 1996.
- Size
- 1,780 acres
- Ignition
- December 9, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,780 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.598, -94.438.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,780 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- December 9, 1996
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2959809443819961209
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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. 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.