West Branch - 1 Fire
The West Branch - 1 Fire burned 25,000 acres in Brewster County, Texas, in 2001. It was discovered on May 28, 2001.
- Size
- 25,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2001
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 30.167, -102.900.
The record
- Reported final size
- 25,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2001
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- County
- Brewster County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Lemons Gap Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX01430601-35866445
Other large fires in Texas in 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,875 | Mar 20, 2001 |
Nearby
Sources
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.