Wildfires of 2006

Unnamed Fire

2006Swisher County, TexasWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Swisher County, Texas, in 2006. It was discovered on March 12, 2006, and contained on March 12, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
March 12, 2006
Contained
March 12, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,843 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.736, -101.971.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,843 acres
Discovered
March 12, 2006, 9:30 a.m. local time
Contained
March 12, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Texas
County
Swisher County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
TX3478910197820060312
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
SFO-TX02230706-650
Note on the perimeter
Single scene assessment

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

FireAcresStartCause
East Amarillo Complex479,549Mar 12, 2006Human
Rocker B Fire42,110Jan 1, 2006Human
Ringgold Fire41,000Jan 1, 2006
Buckle L 2 Fire40,000Mar 12, 2006Human
Cole Fire39,812Jan 1, 2006Human
Carbon Fire35,300Jan 1, 2006Human
Canadian Fire25,000Jun 15, 2006Natural
Fain Plant Fire23,827Apr 6, 2006Human
Hardwick Fire23,000Jan 1, 2006Human
Sweetwater Dobson Fire21,400Apr 7, 2006Human
Locust Grove Fire18,000Apr 11, 2006Human
Oldham Boys Ranch Fire13,000Mar 10, 2006Human

Every fire of 2006 Texas fire history

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.