West Unit Fire
The West Unit Fire burned 2,858 acres in Texas, in 1998. It was discovered on October 22, 1998, and contained on October 23, 1998. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,858 acres
- Discovered
- October 22, 1998
- Contained
- October 23, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,523 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.689, -93.888.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,858 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,523 acres
- Discovered
- October 22, 1998, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 23, 1998, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2969109393119981022
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998TXTPR2419
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 | |
| FRITCH2 Fire | 20,000 | Apr 2, 1998 | Human |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,700 | Apr 5, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,510 | Sep 12, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,401 | Sep 5, 1998 |
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.