Unit 8 Wildfire Fire
The Unit 8 Wildfire Fire burned 3,056 acres in Texas, in 2003. It was discovered on November 28, 2003, and contained on November 30, 2003.
- Size
- 3,056 acres
- Discovered
- November 28, 2003
- Contained
- November 30, 2003
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,074 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.736, -94.060.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,056 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,074 acres
- Discovered
- November 28, 2003, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 30, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- Easement Wf Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2972409407120031128
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003TXMCRAY7X
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 | |
| 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.