Borrego Fire
The Borrego Fire burned 950 acres in Texas, in 2005. It was discovered on February 23, 2005, and contained on February 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 950 acres
- Discovered
- February 23, 2005
- Contained
- February 25, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,397 acres. Point of origin as reported, 26.856, -98.808.
The record
- Reported final size
- 950 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,397 acres
- Discovered
- February 23, 2005, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 25, 2005, 12:00 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
- TX2685609880820050223
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005TXSRRBKR5
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 15,130 | Jul 2, 2005 | Natural |
| RX Unit 12 1117 2005 Fire | 10,727 | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| Daisy Fire | 10,003 | Nov 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Three Points Fire | 8,382 | Jul 2, 2005 | Natural |
| Crossroads Fire | 7,660 | Dec 27, 2005 | Human |
| Callisburg Fire | 5,600 | Dec 27, 2005 | Human |
| Wagner Ranch Fire | 5,120 | Nov 27, 2005 | Human |
| Talpa Fire | 5,112 | Aug 4, 2005 | |
| Fm 920 Fire | 4,500 | Dec 3, 2005 | Human |
| Wf Whites Levee Fire | 4,233 | Aug 1, 2005 | |
| Wf Whites Fee Fire | 4,145 | Jul 29, 2005 | Natural |
| Wf 10-11 Fire | 4,000 | Sep 17, 2005 |
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.