Coon Creek 1 Fire
The Coon Creek 1 Fire burned 1,087 acres in Texas, in 2001. It was discovered on June 30, 2001, and contained on July 3, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,087 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2001
- Contained
- July 3, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,316 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.570, -94.541.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,087 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,316 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 2001, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- TX2958309454420010630
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2001TXAHR2037
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Branch - 1 Fire | 25,000 | May 28, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 20,263 | Jul 28, 2001 | |
| Orear Complex Fire | 12,368 | Jul 17, 2001 | |
| Unit 1 Fire | 5,309 | Dec 19, 2001 | |
| Unit 12 Fire | 4,176 | Dec 19, 2001 | |
| Savannah S Fire | 3,980 | Jun 29, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,390 | May 29, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,250 | Jun 29, 2001 | Natural |
| St.patty Fire | 2,344 | Mar 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Wharton Ho Fire | 2,257 | Feb 25, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,990 | Jun 28, 2001 | Human |
| Ditch 4 6 Fire | 1,916 | Feb 1, 2001 |
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.