Treadwell Lane Fire
The Treadwell Lane Fire burned 1,394 acres in Schleicher County, Texas, in 2006. It was discovered on June 30, 2006, and contained on July 3, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 1, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,394 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2006
- Contained
- July 3, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,422 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.030, -100.133.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,394 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,422 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2006, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 1, 2006
- Contained
- July 3, 2006, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Schleicher County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3099110015020060701
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX02230706-1270
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
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.