Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,000 acres in Ward County, Texas, in 2010. It was discovered on November 15, 2010, and contained on November 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 2010
- Contained
- November 15, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,921 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.501, -102.891.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,921 acres
- Discovered
- November 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 15, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Texas
- County
- Ward County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Armstrong/ Franks Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3148310284320101115
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2010-76841
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 |
| 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.