Rocking Chair Fire
The Rocking Chair Fire burned 2,000 acres in Childress County, Texas, in 2003. It was discovered on September 29, 2003, and contained on October 2, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2003
- Contained
- October 2, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,261 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.504, -100.285.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,261 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2003
- Contained
- October 2, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Childress County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3450810027520030929
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX01430603-35871638
- Note on the perimeter
- Pushed high and moderate thresholds up since shrub vegetation very sparse and no effects from burn visible 11 months after (USA imagery).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.