Wildfires of 1996

Unnamed Fire

1996Montgomery County, TexasWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,200 acres in Montgomery County, Texas, in 1996. It was discovered on March 19, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
March 19, 1996
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 30.273, -95.375.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
March 19, 1996
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Texas
County
Montgomery County
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-TX01430696-10343908

Other large fires in Texas in 199612

FireAcresStartCause
Pitchfork Fire27,223Apr 24, 1996
Triangle Fire26,294Mar 23, 1996
Buckle L Fire20,354Mar 23, 1996
Henrietta Fire13,702Mar 16, 1996
North Memphis Fire13,166Apr 25, 1996
Potter 1 Fire13,000Mar 23, 1996Human
Poolville Fire12,201Mar 16, 1996
Highway 70 Fire10,771Feb 27, 1996
Unnamed Fire6,487Feb 1, 1996
MCFWEST3 Fire5,388Jan 24, 1996Human
Unnamed Fire5,380Mar 26, 1996
Unnamed Fire5,367Mar 16, 1996

Every fire of 1996 Texas fire history

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Sources

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.