Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,500 acres in Trinity County, Texas, in 2000. It was discovered on September 1, 2000, and contained on September 3, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2000
- Contained
- September 3, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,027 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.010, -95.119.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,027 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2000
- Contained
- September 3, 2000, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Trinity County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3099109510320000901
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX01430600-10364529
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 |
| E Whites 2 Fire | 13,000 | Aug 20, 2000 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.