Vastar Fire
The Vastar Fire burned 1,504 acres in Texas, in 2004. It was discovered on July 25, 2004, and contained on July 28, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,504 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2004
- Contained
- July 28, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,806 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.653, -94.160.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,504 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,806 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 2004, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2004, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- TX2965009415620040725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2004TXMCRA87Z
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 |
| 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.