Savannah S Fire
The Savannah S Fire burned 3,980 acres in Texas, in 2001. It was discovered on June 29, 2001, and contained on July 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,980 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2001
- Contained
- July 1, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,867 acres. Point of origin as reported, 28.233, -96.858.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,980 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,867 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2826309685820010629
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2001TXARR2035
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,875 | Mar 20, 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.