Wildfires of 2002

Unnamed Fire

2002Irion County, TexasWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Irion County, Texas, in 2002. It was discovered on June 21, 2002. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
June 21, 2002
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 31.431, -101.014.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
June 21, 2002
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Texas
County
Irion County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-TX01440602-56987

Other large fires in Texas in 200212

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire4,200Mar 5, 2002Human
Chocolate Bayou Fire4,028Aug 3, 2002Natural
Unnamed Fire3,818Oct 15, 2002
Shortcreek Fire3,005Apr 18, 2002
Robert Muel Fire2,693Jan 7, 2002
Rolling Plains - 1 Fire2,600Dec 1, 2002Human
Muy Grande Fire2,500Mar 30, 2002
Unnamed Fire2,225Feb 22, 2002
Oil Fld Bn Fire1,890Jul 6, 2002Natural
Unit 2 Wildfire Fire1,717Dec 26, 2002
South Tx - 3 Fire1,500Mar 30, 2002Human
Unit 11 Fire1,100Mar 21, 2002

Every fire of 2002 Texas fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.