Cutoff Fire
The Cutoff Fire burned 10,362 acres in Texas, in 2010. It was discovered on June 9, 2010, and contained on June 21, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,362 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2010
- Contained
- June 21, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,030 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.974, -104.912.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,362 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,030 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,346 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 2010, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- TXGUP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3199010486920100609
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-602957
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Burned into BLM Land in New Mexico
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brite Ranch Fire | 11,590 | May 31, 2010 | Natural |
| Robbers Roost Fire | 9,362 | May 28, 2010 | Natural |
| Fathers Day Fire | 6,743 | Jun 20, 2010 | Natural |
| Vest Ranch Fire | 6,000 | Mar 23, 2010 | Human |
| Brite Ranch Rim Fire | 4,670 | Jun 22, 2010 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Nov 15, 2010 | Human |
| York Fire | 3,520 | May 30, 2010 | Natural |
| Orphan Hill Fire | 3,500 | Apr 14, 2010 | Natural |
| Fire 1003311 | 3,000 | Mar 31, 2010 | Human |
| Grass 3 Fire | 3,000 | May 10, 2010 | Human |
| Mcfarland Fire | 2,654 | Jan 22, 2010 | Human |
| Hartzel Fire | 2,600 | Dec 15, 2010 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.