Unit 11 Fire
The Unit 11 Fire burned 1,100 acres in Texas, in 2002. It was discovered on March 21, 2002, and contained on March 22, 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to January 14, 2002.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- March 21, 2002
- Contained
- March 22, 2002
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,889 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.766, -94.042.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,889 acres
- Discovered
- March 21, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 14, 2002
- Contained
- March 22, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2974509409320020114
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002TXMCR2431
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 |
| 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. 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.