Robbers Roost Fire
The Robbers Roost Fire burned 9,362 acres in Jeff Davis County, Texas, in 2010. It was discovered on May 28, 2010, and contained on May 29, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,362 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2010
- Contained
- May 29, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,751 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.768, -104.143.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,362 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,751 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 29, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jeff Davis 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
- TX3078310414020100528
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2010-76123
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 |
| 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
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.