Hudspeth Ranch Fire
The Hudspeth Ranch Fire burned 3,555 acres in Crockett County, Texas, in 2007. It was discovered on November 16, 2007, and contained on November 18, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,555 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 2007
- Contained
- November 18, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,690 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.311, -101.256.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,555 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,690 acres
- Discovered
- November 16, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 18, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Texas
- County
- Crockett County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3029410113820071116
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX0483-72698
- Note on the perimeter
- Post image is Landsat 7. Perimeter difficult to delineate.
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wf Bill White Easement Ops Fire | 5,976 | Mar 3, 2007 | |
| Big Fire | 5,160 | Apr 21, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,500 | Mar 10, 2007 | Natural |
| 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. 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.