San Isidro Fire
The San Isidro Fire burned 1,000 acres in Texas, in 2004. It was discovered on February 21, 2004, and contained on February 21, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2004
- Contained
- February 21, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,182 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.963, -98.585.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,182 acres
- Discovered
- February 21, 2004, 1:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 21, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Texas Refuge Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2696309858520040221
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004TXSRRA0CK
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 Wf Fire | 5,150 | Sep 13, 2004 | |
| East I 40 Fire | 3,500 | Feb 20, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,701 | Aug 4, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,254 | May 7, 2004 | |
| Spade Ranch Fire | 1,835 | Jun 13, 2004 | Natural |
| Vastar Fire | 1,504 | Jul 25, 2004 | Natural |
| Unit 3 RX Fire | 1,461 | Aug 30, 2004 | |
| Big Pond Fire | 1,238 | Dec 24, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,216 | Aug 4, 2004 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,138 | Nov 27, 2004 | |
| Hill Country - 6 Fire | 1,000 | Feb 17, 2004 | Human |
| Roman Complex | 750 | Aug 4, 2004 | Human |
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.