FRITCH2 Fire
The FRITCH2 Fire burned 20,000 acres in Texas, in 1998. It was discovered on April 2, 1998, and contained on April 3, 1998. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 20,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 1998
- Contained
- April 3, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,375 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.608, -101.660.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,375 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,369 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 1998, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXLAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1998-TXLAP-009802
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3559210160119980402
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-268981
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciblo Creek Fire | 55,375 | May 30, 1998 | |
| Paducah Fire | 12,651 | Jul 3, 1998 | |
| Palo Doro Fire | 5,000 | Jun 29, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,588 | May 16, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,499 | Dec 30, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,613 | Jul 26, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,470 | Jul 10, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,242 | Jul 19, 1998 | |
| West Unit Fire | 2,858 | Oct 22, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,700 | Apr 5, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,510 | Sep 12, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,401 | Sep 5, 1998 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.