Big Fire
The Big Fire burned 5,160 acres in Texas, in 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to April 21, 2007.
- Size
- 5,160 acres
- Ignition
- April 21, 2007
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,160 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.004, -102.925.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,160 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 21, 2007
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3500410292520070421
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- looks like pasture hay low confidence on perimeter
Other large fires in Texas in 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wf Bill White Easement Ops Fire | 5,976 | Mar 3, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,500 | Mar 10, 2007 | Natural |
| Hudspeth Ranch Fire | 3,555 | Nov 16, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,930 | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| River Road Fire | 2,838 | Dec 2, 2007 | Human |
| Art Fire | 2,800 | Dec 31, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,538 | Nov 20, 2007 | |
| Las Brisas Fire | 2,500 | Dec 26, 2007 | Human |
| Wild Hog Fire | 2,300 | Nov 19, 2007 | Human |
| RX Texas Point West 07 Fire | 2,293 | Nov 27, 2007 | |
| Willow City Fire | 2,000 | Dec 22, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,920 | Sep 23, 2007 | Natural |
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. 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.