Big Blue RX
The Big Blue RX burned 1,007 acres in Texas, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to April 9, 2003.
- Size
- 1,007 acres
- Ignition
- April 9, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,007 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.731, -101.670.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,007 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 9, 2003
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3571410165520030409
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Texas in 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Ranch Fire | 11,015 | Aug 7, 2003 | Natural |
| Unit 12 Wf Fire | 5,668 | Nov 28, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,063 | Jan 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,487 | Jul 26, 2003 | |
| Unit 6 Wf Fire | 4,282 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,278 | Jan 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,105 | Nov 19, 2003 | |
| Unit 8 Wildfire Fire | 3,056 | Nov 28, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,028 | Sep 2, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,984 | Nov 19, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,123 | Aug 11, 2003 | |
| Rocking Chair Fire | 2,000 | Sep 29, 2003 | Natural |
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.