Bolt Fire
The Bolt Fire burned 1,300 acres in Jim Hogg County, Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on June 15, 2011, and contained on June 16, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2011
- Contained
- June 16, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,066 acres. Point of origin as reported, 27.336, -98.603.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,066 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2011, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 16, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jim Hogg 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
- TX2734809861620110615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-78197
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.