RB-78 Fire
The RB-78 Fire burned 1,600 acres in Dallam County, Texas, in 2006. It was discovered on May 21, 2006, and contained on May 21, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2006
- Contained
- May 21, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,124 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.269, -102.413.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,124 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,937 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2006, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Dallam County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMCIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NMCIF-000045
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3629010240920060521
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1441651
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized From Hardcopy Orthophoto quad
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 |
| 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 |
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.