East Amarillo Complex
The East Amarillo Complex burned 479,549 acres in Texas, in 2006. It was discovered on March 12, 2006, and contained on March 12, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 479,549 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2006
- Contained
- March 12, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 593,293 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.668, -101.371.
The record
- Reported final size
- 479,549 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 593,293 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 428,846 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2006, 11:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 12, 2006, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMCIF
- Part of
- East Amarillo Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- I-40
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NMCIF-000012
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3551510078020060312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-517568
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocker B Fire | 42,110 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Ringgold Fire | 41,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | |
| Buckle L 2 Fire | 40,000 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| Cole Fire | 39,812 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Carbon Fire | 35,300 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Canadian Fire | 25,000 | Jun 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Fain Plant Fire | 23,827 | Apr 6, 2006 | Human |
| Hardwick Fire | 23,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Sweetwater Dobson Fire | 21,400 | Apr 7, 2006 | Human |
| Locust Grove Fire | 18,000 | Apr 11, 2006 | Human |
| Oldham Boys Ranch Fire | 13,000 | Mar 10, 2006 | Human |
| Palo Duro East Fire | 11,475 | May 21, 2006 | 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.