Shortcreek Fire
The Shortcreek Fire burned 3,005 acres in Texas, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to April 18, 2002.
- Size
- 3,005 acres
- Ignition
- April 18, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,005 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.629, -101.646.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,005 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 18, 2002
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3564410163220020418
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Seven NPS provided polygons
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Middleton Wf Fire | 1,044 | Dec 1, 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. 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.