Central Big Sandy RX
The Central Big Sandy RX burned 2,304 acres in Texas, in 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to March 26, 2008.
- Size
- 2,304 acres
- Ignition
- March 26, 2008
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,304 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.637, -94.673.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,304 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 26, 2008
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3063709467320080326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 3 duplicate fires. Could not delineate between the separate fires.
Other large fires in Texas in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Fire | 220,000 | Feb 25, 2008 | Human |
| Huckabee Fire | 98,168 | Apr 30, 2008 | Human |
| Highway 322 Fire | 67,500 | Mar 14, 2008 | Human |
| Porter Fire | 51,400 | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| Hughes Ranch Fire | 43,241 | Jun 4, 2008 | Human |
| Eighty-Two Fire | 33,037 | Mar 14, 2008 | |
| Snyder Complex | 28,625 | Feb 23, 2008 | Human |
| Burns Ranch Fire | 25,600 | Mar 18, 2008 | Human |
| Cathedral Fire | 23,000 | Apr 24, 2008 | Natural |
| Silver Fire | 20,200 | Feb 25, 2008 | Human |
| Cotulla Fire | 19,000 | Feb 2, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 18,000 | Feb 25, 2008 | 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. 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.