Deep Marsh Fire
The Deep Marsh Fire burned 778 acres in Texas, in 2002. It was discovered on March 8, 2002, and contained on March 10, 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to January 25, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 778 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 2002
- Contained
- March 10, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,355 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.600, -94.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 778 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,355 acres
- Discovered
- March 8, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 25, 2002
- Contained
- March 10, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2957509449720020125
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002TXAHR2376
- Note on the perimeter
- High moisture/water within burned area in post-image.
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,200 | Mar 5, 2002 | Human |
| Chocolate Bayou Fire | 4,028 | Aug 3, 2002 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,818 | Oct 15, 2002 | |
| Shortcreek Fire | 3,005 | Apr 18, 2002 | |
| Robert Muel Fire | 2,693 | Jan 7, 2002 | |
| Rolling Plains - 1 Fire | 2,600 | Dec 1, 2002 | Human |
| Muy Grande Fire | 2,500 | Mar 30, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,225 | Feb 22, 2002 | |
| Oil Fld Bn Fire | 1,890 | Jul 6, 2002 | Natural |
| Unit 2 Wildfire Fire | 1,717 | Dec 26, 2002 | |
| South Tx - 3 Fire | 1,500 | Mar 30, 2002 | Human |
| Unit 11 Fire | 1,100 | Mar 21, 2002 |
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.