Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,200 acres in Armstrong County, Texas, in 2002. It was discovered on March 5, 2002, and contained on March 5, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 4,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2002
- Contained
- March 5, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,946 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.873, -101.171.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,946 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2002
- Contained
- March 5, 2002, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- County
- Armstrong County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3486310114320020305
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX01430602-35871618
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.