Wildfires of 2007

Hudspeth Ranch Fire

2007Crockett County, TexasWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Wf Bill White Easement Ops Fire5,976Mar 3, 2007
Big Fire5,160Apr 21, 2007
Unnamed Fire4,500Mar 10, 2007Natural
Unnamed Fire2,930Feb 27, 2007
River Road Fire2,838Dec 2, 2007Human
Art Fire2,800Dec 31, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire2,538Nov 20, 2007
Las Brisas Fire2,500Dec 26, 2007Human
Wild Hog Fire2,300Nov 19, 2007Human
RX Texas Point West 07 Fire2,293Nov 27, 2007
Willow City Fire2,000Dec 22, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire1,920Sep 23, 2007Natural

Every fire of 2007 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.