Gator Nest Fire
The Gator Nest Fire burned 465 acres in Texas, in 1997. It was discovered on July 22, 1997, and contained on July 24, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 465 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1997
- Contained
- July 24, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,400 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.050, -95.258.
The record
- Reported final size
- 465 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1997, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2905009524019970722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1997TXBRR2797
- Note on the perimeter
- Had to obtain other images to determine boundaries and typical ground cover.
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 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throckmorton Fire | 10,388 | Oct 13, 1997 | |
| Wild Cow Bay Fire | 10,061 | Sep 22, 1997 | |
| Canadian Fire | 9,572 | Mar 26, 1997 | |
| Grit Road Fire | 4,700 | Oct 20, 1997 | Human |
| Mound Fire | 2,551 | Aug 25, 1997 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,375 | Jan 3, 1997 | |
| Easteasmen Fire | 2,300 | Jul 24, 1997 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,136 | Sep 27, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,796 | Nov 2, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,639 | Aug 17, 1997 | |
| Sea Rim Help Fire | 1,300 | Aug 28, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,191 | Jul 27, 1997 |
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.