Unit 2 Wildfire Fire
The Unit 2 Wildfire Fire burned 1,717 acres in Texas, in 2002. It was discovered on December 26, 2002, and contained on December 28, 2002.
- Size
- 1,717 acres
- Discovered
- December 26, 2002
- Contained
- December 28, 2002
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,052 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.633, -94.190.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,717 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,052 acres
- Discovered
- December 26, 2002, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 28, 2002, 4:00 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
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2964009418420021226
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002TXMCR2826
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 |
| 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. 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.