Gas Plant Fire
The Gas Plant Fire burned 1,500 acres in Texas, in 2008. It was discovered on March 18, 2008, and contained on March 19, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 18, 2008
- Contained
- March 19, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 26.616, -98.487.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 18, 2008, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- South Texas Refuge Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008TXSRRD4EL
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
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.