C 8 Fire
The C 8 Fire burned 1,060 acres in Texas, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to April 7, 2005.
- Size
- 1,060 acres
- Ignition
- April 7, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,060 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 28.182, -96.894.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,060 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 7, 2005
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2818209689420050407
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre-image to pair for dNBR assessment.
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. 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.