E Whites 2 Fire
The E Whites 2 Fire burned 13,000 acres in Texas, in 2000. It was discovered on August 20, 2000, and contained on August 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 13,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2000
- Contained
- August 25, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,991 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.625, -94.250.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,991 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 25, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2964409420820000820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000TXMCR2721
- 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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 47,000 | May 4, 2000 | Natural |
| Potter #2 Fire | 20,000 | Feb 22, 2000 | Human |
| Naravista Fire | 20,000 | Feb 25, 2000 | Human |
| Idaho Fire | 16,000 | Feb 25, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 15,864 | Sep 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,306 | Mar 9, 2000 | |
| Jackson Dit Fire | 5,398 | Oct 17, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,205 | Sep 6, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,093 | May 27, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Sep 1, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Aug 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,307 | Mar 9, 2000 |
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.