South Res Fire
The South Res Fire burned 700 acres in Texas, in 1999. It was discovered on November 30, 1999, and contained on December 2, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 700 acres
- Discovered
- November 30, 1999
- Contained
- December 2, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,630 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.608, -94.463.
The record
- Reported final size
- 700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,630 acres
- Discovered
- November 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- December 2, 1999, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2960909448719991130
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1999TXAHR2974
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset fire ok
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channing Fire | 30,000 | Oct 30, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,927 | Nov 1, 1999 | |
| Williams Ranch Fire | 6,213 | Oct 19, 1999 | Human |
| Giww Arson Fire | 5,000 | Dec 28, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,967 | Aug 10, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,478 | Nov 19, 1999 | |
| Unit 12 Fire | 3,874 | Jan 31, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,527 | Nov 13, 1999 | |
| North Unit Fire | 3,500 | Nov 12, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,906 | Sep 9, 1999 | |
| Unit 4 Fire | 2,500 | Nov 12, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,482 | Jul 25, 1999 |
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.