Wildfires of 1998

Harrell Ranch Fire

1998TexasWildfire

The Harrell Ranch Fire burned 1,602 acres in Texas, in 1998. It was discovered on July 8, 1998.

Size
1,602 acres
Discovered
July 8, 1998
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.912, -101.517.

The record

Reported final size
1,602 acres
Discovered
July 8, 1998
Cause
Undetermined
State
Texas
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
TFS-LFDB-615

Other large fires in Texas in 199812

FireAcresStartCause
Ciblo Creek Fire55,375May 30, 1998
FRITCH2 Fire20,000Apr 2, 1998Human
Paducah Fire12,651Jul 3, 1998
Palo Doro Fire5,000Jun 29, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire4,588May 16, 1998
Unnamed Fire4,499Dec 30, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,613Jul 26, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,470Jul 10, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,242Jul 19, 1998
West Unit Fire2,858Oct 22, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire2,700Apr 5, 1998
Unnamed Fire2,510Sep 12, 1998

Every fire of 1998 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.