Texas Lake Fire
The Texas Lake Fire burned 1,185 acres in Whitman County, Washington, in 2009. It was discovered on August 21, 2009, and contained on August 22, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,185 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2009
- Contained
- August 22, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,258 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.054, -117.863.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,185 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,258 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2009, 6:08 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- County
- Whitman County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Washington State Fire Marshal's Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4706511785020090821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_WA-WFS-006
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 Washington in 20097
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek Complex | 48,902 | Aug 20, 2009 | Natural |
| Oden Road Fire | 9,607 | Aug 21, 2009 | Natural |
| Discovery Fire | 4,132 | Jul 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Ahtanum 1 Fire | 2,750 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Milepost 38 Fire | 1,923 | Sep 16, 2009 | Human |
| Preston-Fox Fire | 1,400 | Oct 4, 2009 | Human |
| Twin Peaks Fire | 1,200 | Sep 3, 2009 | Natural |
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.