Fain Plant Fire
The Fain Plant Fire burned 23,827 acres in Texas, in 2006. It was discovered on April 6, 2006, and contained on April 11, 2006. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 23,827 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2006
- Contained
- April 11, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 22,504 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.550, -101.783.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,827 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 22,504 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 22,041 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2006, 12:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXLAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-TXLAP-000653
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3556410185920060406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-518695
- 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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Amarillo Complex | 479,549 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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.