Johnson Ranch Fire
The Johnson Ranch Fire burned 11,015 acres in Shackelford County, Texas, in 2003. It was discovered on August 7, 2003, and contained on August 11, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to August 8, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,015 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2003
- Contained
- August 11, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,687 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.810, -99.156.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,015 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,687 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2003
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 8, 2003
- Contained
- August 11, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Shackelford County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3283209918620030808
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX01430603-35871601
- Note on the perimeter
- Masked out small fire
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rolling Plains - 18 Fire | 1,500 | 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. 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.