Hwy 1943 Complex
The Hwy 1943 Complex burned 1,700 acres in Texas, in 2010. It was discovered on April 1, 2010, and contained on April 3, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2010
- Contained
- April 3, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,329 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.536, -94.224.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,329 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,763 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Big Thicket National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXBTP
- Part of
- Highway 1943 Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-TXBTP-001008
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3055309421520100401
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-600438
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Cutoff Fire | 10,362 | Jun 9, 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 |
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.