Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,136 acres in Texas, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to September 27, 1997.
- Size
- 2,136 acres
- Ignition
- September 27, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,136 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 32.864, -99.298.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,136 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 27, 1997
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3286209929719970927
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- TXFS reported ignition date of 9/27/1997. Burn area was visible 9/18/1997.
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 | 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. 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.