Bates Field Fire
The Bates Field Fire burned 3,200 acres in Ector County, Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 3, 2011, and contained on April 3, 2011. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2011
- Contained
- April 3, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,188 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.806, -102.324.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,188 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2011, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 3, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- County
- Ector 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
- TX3178810230220110403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-78970
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock House Fire | 314,444 | Apr 9, 2011 | Human |
| Deaton Cole Fire | 175,000 | Apr 25, 2011 | Human |
| Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire | 162,625 | Apr 11, 2011 | Natural |
| Wildcat Fire | 158,308 | Apr 10, 2011 | Natural |
| Pk Complex | 126,734 | Apr 9, 2011 | Natural |
| Swenson Fire | 122,500 | Apr 6, 2011 | Human |
| Frying Pan Ranch Fire | 106,027 | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| Dickens County Complex | 89,200 | May 6, 2011 | Human |
| Iron Mountain Fire | 87,401 | May 9, 2011 | Natural |
| Schwartz Fire | 83,995 | May 7, 2011 | Natural |
| White Hat Fire | 72,473 | Jun 20, 2011 | Human |
| Tom Fire | 65,000 | Feb 27, 2011 | 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.