Tongue River Fire
The Tongue River Fire burned 2,600 acres in Dickens County, Texas, in 2008. It was discovered on April 15, 2008, and contained on April 16, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2008
- Contained
- April 16, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,424 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.858, -101.009.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,424 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2008, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 16, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Texas
- County
- Dickens County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3383110101620080415
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-TX0483-73402
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 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. 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.