Daisy Fire
The Daisy Fire burned 10,003 acres in Texas, in 2005. It was discovered on November 15, 2005, and contained on November 17, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,003 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 2005
- Contained
- November 17, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,552 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.370, -97.338.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,003 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,552 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,005 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 2005, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 17, 2005, 5:55 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Padre Island National Seashore
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXPAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-TXPAP-000509
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2736709733720051115
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-514026
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Wf Unit 6 Fire | 3,500 | Sep 3, 2005 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.