Elephant Mountain Fire
The Elephant Mountain Fire burned 10,135 acres in Brewster County, Texas, in 2009. It was discovered on April 23, 2009, and contained on April 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,135 acres
- Discovered
- April 23, 2009
- Contained
- April 28, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,648 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.083, -103.677.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,135 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,648 acres
- Discovered
- April 23, 2009, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 28, 2009, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Brewster County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Elephant Mtn Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3005210367620090423
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2009-75129
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague County Complex | 31,419 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| April 9th Complex 1 Fire | 27,876 | Apr 9, 2009 | |
| Two Mile Hill Complex | 21,525 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Cedar Mountain Fire | 18,360 | Apr 7, 2009 | Human |
| April 9th Complex 2 Fire | 16,444 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Black Fire | 16,000 | Apr 9, 2009 | Human |
| Magic City Fire | 15,000 | Apr 4, 2009 | Human |
| Saucita Creek Ranch Complex | 14,840 | Apr 23, 2009 | Natural |
| Mcelroy Fire | 8,382 | Apr 23, 2009 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,000 | Apr 1, 2009 | Human |
| Turtle Fire | 7,157 | Apr 2, 2009 | Human |
| Montague County Complex | 6,509 | Apr 9, 2009 |
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.