Grit Road Fire
The Grit Road Fire burned 4,700 acres in Texas, in 1997. It was discovered on October 20, 1997, and contained on October 21, 1997. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 4,700 acres
- Discovered
- October 20, 1997
- Contained
- October 21, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,722 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.666, -94.117.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,722 acres
- Discovered
- October 20, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 21, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- 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
- TX2967709409319971020
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1997TXMCR2909
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mi C 7 Fire | 1,132 | Sep 9, 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.