Wildfires of 2005

Millenium Ranch Fire

2005Edwards County, TexasWildfire

The Millenium Ranch Fire burned 1,000 acres in Edwards County, Texas, in 2005. It was discovered on July 6, 2005, and contained on July 8, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
July 6, 2005
Contained
July 8, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,191 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.059, -100.256.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,191 acres
Discovered
July 6, 2005
Contained
July 8, 2005, 8:45 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Texas
County
Edwards County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
TX3005810030620050706
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
SFO-TX02230705-71696

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

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire15,130Jul 2, 2005Natural
RX Unit 12 1117 2005 Fire10,727Nov 17, 2005
Daisy Fire10,003Nov 15, 2005Natural
Three Points Fire8,382Jul 2, 2005Natural
Crossroads Fire7,660Dec 27, 2005Human
Callisburg Fire5,600Dec 27, 2005Human
Wagner Ranch Fire5,120Nov 27, 2005Human
Talpa Fire5,112Aug 4, 2005
Fm 920 Fire4,500Dec 3, 2005Human
Wf Whites Levee Fire4,233Aug 1, 2005
Wf Whites Fee Fire4,145Jul 29, 2005Natural
Wf 10-11 Fire4,000Sep 17, 2005

Every fire of 2005 Texas fire history

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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.