Tri-County Fire
The Tri-County Fire burned 6,400 acres in Carson County, Texas, in 2009. It was discovered on January 30, 2009, and contained on February 1, 2009. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 6,400 acres
- Discovered
- January 30, 2009
- Contained
- February 1, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,618 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.580, -101.106.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,618 acres
- Discovered
- January 30, 2009, 12:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 1, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- County
- Carson County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3559510105720090130
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2009-74582
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 |
| Elephant Mountain Fire | 10,135 | 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 |
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.