Unit 1 Wf Fire
The Unit 1 Wf Fire burned 5,150 acres in Texas, in 2004. It was discovered on September 13, 2004, and contained on September 14, 2004.
- Size
- 5,150 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2004
- Contained
- September 14, 2004
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,416 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.633, -94.229.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,150 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,416 acres
- Discovered
- September 13, 2004, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 14, 2004, 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2963009423620040913
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004TXMCRBE86
- Note on the perimeter
- logical scenes used no other scene avail due to clouds
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| San Isidro Fire | 1,000 | Feb 21, 2004 | Human |
| 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.