Wilderness Ridge Fire
The Wilderness Ridge Fire burned 1,491 acres in Bastrop County, Texas, in 2009. It was discovered on February 28, 2009, and contained on March 10, 2009. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,491 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2009
- Contained
- March 10, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,277 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.092, -97.216.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,491 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,277 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2009, 12:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 10, 2009, 5:49 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- County
- Bastrop 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
- TX3007309721120090228
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2009-74935
- Note on the perimeter
- Somewhat high moderate threshold. A lower moderate threshold would result in classifying non-moderate burn areas as moderate. Additionally these areas are not visible in the next growing season so they should not be classified as high severity.
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.