Unit 5 Fire
The Unit 5 Fire burned 1,768 acres in Texas, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to January 30, 1999.
- Size
- 1,768 acres
- Ignition
- January 30, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,768 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 29.698, -94.129.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,768 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 30, 1999
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2969809412919990130
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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. 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.